Horsforth, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes, A-I West Riding of Yorkshire Horsforth

Parish History

HORSFORTH, a chapelry, in the parish of Guisley, Upper division of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 5 miles (N. W.) from Leeds; containing 4188 inhabitants. There are places of worship for Baptists, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Methodists of the New Connexion.

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.

Church records

Online Records

Online data content from chapelry registers of Horsforth exists at some of the following websites and for the specified ranges of years:

AO = Archive.org

FS = FamilySearch.org

ANC = ancestry.co.uk (£)

HATH = HathiTrust.org

JMI = JoinerMarriageIndex.co.uk

HORSFORTH CHAPELRY (1620) Online Records
	Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
	Indexes	Images	Indexes	Images	Indexes	Images
FS	1620-1835		1772-1796		None
JMI	None		None		None
ANC (£)	None		None		None
HATH	None		None		None
AO	None		None		None

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Warrington-Padgate Christ Church and comprising the whole ancient parish of Guiseley to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the GUISELEY PARISH page.

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.

This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in date.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Census records

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.

A 1795 Census for Horsforth provides a basis for family name searching for this period. An LDS film reference is given on the resulting Webpage.

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.

• England Jurisdictions 1851
• Vision of Britain

Web sites

wiki-Horsforth

Leeds Cemetaries - including Horsforth Cemetary