Broughton, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes, A-I  West Riding of Yorkshire  Broughton

For other places with the same name see Broughton

Parish History
BROUGHTON-in-Airedale [also Broughton-in-Craven] (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Skipton, E. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, West Riding Yorkshire, includes the; hamlet of Elslack.

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.

Online Records
Online data content from chapelry registers of Broughton exists at some of the following websites and for the specified ranges of years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Warrington-Padgate Christ Church and comprising the whole ancient parish of Kirby in Cleveland to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the KIRBY IN CLEVELAND PARISH  page.

This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1671.

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