Letwell, Yorkshire, England Genealogy
Guide to Letwell, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Letwell | |
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| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Yorkshire |
| Hundred | Strafforth and Tickhill |
| Poor Law Union | Worksop |
| Registration District | Worksop |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1813 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1601 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Doncaster |
| Diocese | York |
| Province | York |
| Probate Court | Court of the Peculiar of the Chancellor of York with the Prebendal Jurisdiction of Laughton en le Morthen |
| Archive | |
| Yorkshire Record Office | |
Parish History
Letwell St. Peter is an Ecclesiastical parish formed in 1841 from Letwell with Gildingwells Ecclesiastical Parish and includes Gildingwells within the parish boundary. The parish boundary forms part of the county boundary with neighbors Blyth, Nottinghamshire and Carlton in Lindrick, Nottinghamshire
The Parish Church of St Peter, Church Lane Letwell Rotherham has been designated a grade II* listed building. British listed building
See also Letwell wikipedia St Peter's Church Letwell Wikipedia Gildingwells Wikipedia
LETWELL, a chapelry, in the parish of Laughtonen-le-Morthen, union of Worksop, S. division of the wapentake of Upper Strafforth and Tickhill, W. riding of York, 5½ miles (S. W. by S.) from Tickhill. [1]
Resources
Find Neighboring Parishes
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Cemeteries
- 1800-1984 St. Peter's Church, Letwell, South Yorkshire(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
For history of civil registration in this area see Worksop Registration District.
Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Letwell Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Yorkshire | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Yorkshire | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Yorkshire ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Banns-Yorkshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Church of England (Early)-West Riding ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Church of England (Late)-West Riding ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Sheffield and Rotherham, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - West Riding of Yorkshire ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Yorkshire ($)
- 1611-1861 Archdeaconry of Richmond, England, Church of England Marriage Bonds, 1611-1861 at Ancestry – index & images ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
Census Records
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
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.
Websites
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 68-74. Date accessed: 21 October 2013.