Ackworth parish

Ackworth parish registers: Dates and current locations etc.

The place:

A parish town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, Liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Pontefract, 5 from Ferrybridge, 8 from Wakefield, 28 from York. Population, including Low Ackworth 1,575. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, in the deanery of Pontefract.

Deposited Registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds)

• Baptisms: 1558-1935
• Marriages: 1558-1957
• Burials: 1558-1941

Bishop's Transcripts:

• 1600-1605, 1607, 1609, 1610, 1612, 1614, 1615, 1627, 1629, 1630,1632-1640, 1667-1669, 1671, 1673, 1677, 1678, 1681-1684, 1688, 1689, 1691-1695, 1697, 1698, 1700-1746, 1748-1780, 1782-1838, 1843, 1844, 1875-1887, 1889, 1890

IGI Coverage:

• C 1558-1812, 1813-1875;
• M 1600-1812, 1813-1837

Transcripts and Indexes:

1. CMB 1558-1686; Typed transcript, no index (bound in register); West Yorkshire Archive Service Wakefield
2. CMB 1558-1600; Typed transcript, no index; "Yorkshire Notes and Queries", 1888; Borthwick Institute of Historical Research
3. C 1813-1840; Typed transcript, with index; Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Society of Genealogists
4. M 1770-1780; Manuscript transcript, no index; Loomes' Yorkshire Marriage Index; Society of Genealogists
5. M 1803-1812; Typed transcript, no index (bound in register); West Yorkshire Archive Service Wakefield

On line (by Sue Turner):

1. FamilySearch C 1558-1868; M 1589, 1600-1859; B 1782, 1788, 1796-1797, 1799, 1803-1856; Also CMB 1558-1868 (indexed, restricted access images)
2. findmypast BTs as above (with images)
3. Ancestry C 1558-1643, 1645-1671, 1673-1910; M 1558-1643, 1645-1671, 1673-1935; B 1558-1643, 1645-1671, 1673-1949 (with images)