Aberford parish

Aberford parish registers: Dates and current locations etc.

The place:

A parish and market town, wapentakes of Skyrack, (lower division) and Barkston Ash, Liberties of Pontefract and St. Peter; 6 miles from Tadcaster, 8 from Wetherby, 9 from Ferrybridge, 11 from Leeds and Pontefract, 14 from Selby, 16 from York, 186 from London. Population, Lotherton with Aberford 427, Aberford 579, total 1,006. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Richard, in the deanery of the Ainsty.

Deposited Registers (Borthwick Institute of Historical Research.)

• Baptisms: 1540-2005
• Marriages: 1540-2010
• Burials: 1540-2014

Bishop's Transcripts:

• 1601, 1604, 1631, 1633, 1635, 1637-1641, 1663, 1665-1673, 1675,1677-1690, 1692-1694, 1696-1710, 1712-1714, 1716-1866, 1870-1883

IGI Coverage:

• C 1813-1875, 1875-1885;
• M 1540-1812, 1813-1851, 1851-1886

Transcripts and Indexes:

1. CMB 1540-1812; Printed transcript with index; Thoresby Society, Vol 36; Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research
2. M 1813-1837; Typed transcript, with index; Loomes' Yorkshire Marriage Index; Society of Genealogists

On line (by Sue Turner):

1. FamilySearch C 1710-1871; M 1710-1867, 1880-1881; B 1837
2. findmypast C 1540-1884; Banns 1654-1813; M 1541-1930; B 1540-1946 plus BTs as above (with images)