Low Moor St Mark's, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes K-R  West Riding of Yorkshire  Low Moor

Parish History
LOWMOOR, a village and two chapelries in North Bierley township, Bradford parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands adjacent to the Lancashire and Yorkshire and the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction railways, 3 miles SE of Bradford. The two chapelries are St. Mark and Holy Trinity. St. Mark's was constituted in 1858. Pop. in 1861,1,563. Houses, 310. Holy Trinity chapelry was constituted in 1865, and has a pop. of about 6,000. There are a Wesleyan chapel and national schools.

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.

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