Batley Carr, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes  West Riding  Batley Carr

Chapel History
BATLEY-CARR (Holy Trinity), a hamlet and chapelry in Batley and Dewsbury parishes, wapentake of Morley, West Riding, Yorkshire, 1 mile (N.) from Dewsbury. This is an Ecclesiastical Parish created in 1841 from Dewsbury (All Saints) Ancient Parish. The living is a perpetual curacy; Other churches include; Primitive and Wesleyan Methodist.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in date.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Census records
Note that this is a chapelry created from Dewsbury so is included in the Census with Dewsbury.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Yorkshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain