Pontefract Park, Yorkshire, England Genealogy
Guide to Pontefract Park, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Pontefract Park | |
| Type | Extra-parochial |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Yorkshire |
| Hundred | Osgoldcross |
| Poor Law Union | Barwick Gilbert Union |
| Registration District | Pontefract |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | For records see surrounding parishes |
| Bishop's Transcripts | For records see surrounding parishes |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Not Applicable |
| Diocese | Not Applicable |
| Probate Court | Search the courts of the surrounding parishes |
| Archive | |
| Yorkshire Record Office | |
Parish History
PONTEFRACT-PARK, an extra-parochial liberty, in the Upper division of the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York, ½ a mile (N. W. by N.) from Pontefract.[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
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.
Church Records
Pontefract Park is an extra parochial area and the closest ecclesiastical parish is Pontefract All Saints.
- Extra-parochial areas were not attached to parish churches.
- The residents went to a church of their choosing outside of the parish boundaries.
Census Records
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Genealogy
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
- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 586-593. Date accessed: 23 October 2013.