Sheffield, Yorkshire Genealogy

Guide to Sheffield St Peter and St Paul, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
"SHEFFIELD (St. Peter), a borough and parish, and the head of a union, partly in the N., but chiefly in the S., division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, W. riding of York and the township of Sheffield, 55 miles (S. W. by S.) from York.and 163 (N. N. W.) from London. Sheffield St Peter is an ancient parish, erected in the reign of Henry I.

A Complete List of Sheffield Parish and Chapels
Sheffield had the following parish and chapels attached to it, all lying within its jurisdiction and boundaries as of 1880:


 * Sheffield St. George's Church - 1824
 * Sheffield St. James Chapel - 1788 (FHL has from 1828 to 1830 only)
 * Sheffield St. John, Park-Hill - 1837
 * Sheffield St Matthias Carver-Street - 1877
 * Sheffield St. Mary's Church, Brammall-lane - 1830
 * Sheffield St Peter - 1560
 * Sheffield St. Paul's Chapel - 1720 (FHL has from 1793 to 1825 only)
 * Sheffield St. Philip Church - 1827
 * Sheffield St Simon - 1867
 * Sheffield St Stephen - 1858

The following district churches and chapels were built within Sheffield parish and they include the following:
 * Attercliffe - 1694
 * Brightside All Saint - 1869
 * Brightside St Thomas - 1846
 * Broomhall St Mark - 1867
 * Carbrook -1874
 * Crookes - 1840
 * Darnall - 1844
 * Dyers-Hill - 1865
 * Ecclesall-Bierlow - 1784
 * Eldon St Jude - 1850
 * Fulwood - 1838
 * Gillcar St Silas - 1866
 * Gleadless - 1839
 * Grimesthorpe - 1854
 * Heeley - 1848
 * Highfield - 1877
 * Hill Top Chapel of Ease - see Attercliffe
 * Hillsborough Military (barracks) Chapel - 1858
 * Holliscroft - 1852
 * Neepsend - 1867
 * Nether Hallam - see Ecclesall Bierlow
 * Olerton - 1858 - see also Ecclesfield Parish
 * Park St John the Evangelist - 1840
 * Pitsmoor Christchurch - 1846
 * Shalesmoor - 1828
 * Upper Hallam - see Fulwood & Ecclessall Bierlow
 * Walkley - 1869
 * Wicker Holy Trinity - 1847

In the town are eleven places of worship for various denominations of Methodists, six for Independents, and one each for Baptists, Quakers, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 9 Roman Catholics - 1781

Neighboring Parishes
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.

Cemeteries
A rich website with several cemetery and churchyard burial grounds is found at:


 * Sheffield Indexers
 * [National Burial Index]

Church Records
Sheffield parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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

Records are also available at the West Yorkshire Archive Service.