Wales, Yorkshire, England Genealogy
Guide to Wales, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Wales | |
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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 | 1578 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1600 |
| 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[edit | edit source]
WALES (St. John), a parish, in the union of Worksop, S. division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, W. riding of York, 10 miles (E. by S.)from Sheffield. [1]
Wales St John the Baptist is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the Rotherham district of South Yorkshire, created in 1723 from chapelry in Laughton en le Morthen, Yorkshire Ancient Parish.Other places in the parish include: Norwood and Bedgralve, Kiveton Park, Kiveton, and Waleswood.
The Parish church of St John the Baptist has been designated a grade II* listed building British listed building
See Wales South Yorkshire Wikipedia Kiveton Park Wikipedia
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
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
For history of civil registration in this area see Worksop Registration District
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.
Non-Conformist 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
| Wales 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, ($) | 1800s-1900s |
1700s-1900s |
1800s-1900s |
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| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 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 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Parish Records[edit | edit source]
This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1579.
Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue and the films in their collection. Wales
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Worksop Poor Law Union, Nottinghamshire
Bibiography[edit | edit source]
Genealogy and History Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England(1848), pp. 436-439. Date accessed: 14 October 2013.