Sandal Magna, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Parishes, S-Y  West Riding  Sandal Magna

Parish History
SANDALL, GREAT (St. Helen), a parish, in the union of Wakefield, Lower division of the wapentake of Agbrigg, W. riding of York; comprising the townships of Crigglestone, Sandall, Walton, and part of West Bretton and the township of Sandall, 2 miles(S. by E.) from Wakefield. Other places in the parish include: Crigglestone, Hill Top, Milthorpe, Newmillerdam, Woodthorpe, Stand Bridge, Walton, Walton near Sandall Magna, and Pledwick. Non-Church of England denominations identified in Sandal Magna include: Baptist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Methodist New Connexion, Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Resources
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. 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.

Cemeteries
This ancient parish was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1651.