Halifax Christ Church, Yorkshire, England Genealogy
Guide to Halifax Christ Church, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Halifax Christ Church or Mount Pellon Christ Church was created a chapelry in 1854, lying within the parish boundary of Halifax St John the Baptist ancient parish..[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- 1850-1950 Monumental Inscriptions at Halifax Christ Church Graveyard, Ca. 1850-1950(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1850-1950 Monumental Inscriptions. Christ Church, Mount Pellon, Halifax, Yorkshire, 1850-1950(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Records from the North Yorkshire Registration District Calderdale registration district held at the Calderdale Registration District Offices.
Births, marriages and deaths include:
- Date and palce of event
- Maiden surname of the mother (births only)
- Name, rank and occupation of the father (births and deaths of children under 15)
- Names
- Place name and address of principal
Marriages especially include:
- Church of England marriages.
- Civil Marriages at register offices, or non-conformist churches where a registrar was required to be present at the ceremony.
- Authorised Person marriages. These cover the non-conformist places of worship which applied to keep their own registers as a result of the Marriage Act, 1898 (bringing them into line with Jewish and Quaker marriages which had this status since 1837). In such cases an 'Authorised Person' (usually the minister or priest) recorded the ceremony instead of the registrar. Earlier weddings in these places would be included with civil marriage registers.
A secondary index of 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 indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD. However the Yorkshire BMD index may omit the event and may not contain the detail of the FreeBMD index
Records for Calderdale which includes the Greater Halifax region, may be obtained from the following office:
Calderdale Registration District
The Register Office
Spring Hall
Huddersfield Road
Halifax HX3 0AQ
United Kingdom
Tel: 01422 288080 or 01422 284472
Email: register.office@calderdale.gov.uk
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
NonConformist Records refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
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
| Halifax Christ Church 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-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[edit | edit source]
"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[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Northallerton Poor Law Union, Yorkshire
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 154-158. Date accessed: 28 May 2013.