GENUKI: Bramham

The Ancient Parish of BRAMHAM

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"BRAMHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of St. Peter; 3 miles from Aberford, 4 from Tadcaster and Wetherby, 14 from Pontefract and York. Pop. including Oglethorpe, 970, which being united form a township. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints (see Churches for photograph), value, ~£6. 7s. 6d. p.r. !£130. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church College, Oxford.

On Bramham Moor are the remains of a Roman consular road, from which came divers Viae Vicinales, by Thorner and Shadwell, through Sheep Lane and Haw caster Rig to Adel. --Drake. --Whitaker's Ducatus Leodiensis.

Here the Earl of Northumberland's forces were defeated by Sir Thomas Rokesby, and the Earl, the chief instrument in deposing Richard II. and raising up Henry IV. was slain. His head, covered with silver hairs, being put upon a stake, was carried in mock procession, through all the towns to London, and then placed on the bridge. --Hollinshead. --Stow. --Dug. --Bar."

Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.

Boston Spa
Bowcliffe
Bramham Biggin
Bramham Lodge
Bramham Park

Chesnut Grove
Clifford
Headley Hall
Oglethorpe

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- All Saints' Church, Bramham.
- All Saints' Church, Bramham.
- The Methodist Chapel, Bramham.
- The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Boston Spa.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- St. Luke's Church, Clifford.
- St. Luke's Church, Clifford.
- The Methodist Church, Clifford.
- The Roman Catholic Church, Clifford.
- Bramham Park Chapel, Bramham Park.
The following Churches have their own websites:
- Boston Spa Methodist Church.

Church History

Transcript of the entry for Bramham in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Boston in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Bramham.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Boston Spa.
The List of Incumbents of St. Mary's Church, Boston Spa.

Community Websites

The Clifford Parish Council website includes History, maps, Churches and lots more.

Directories

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.

Gazetteers

There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.

Maps

For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.

Memorial Inscriptions

The World War I Memorial Plaque in St. Mary's Church, Boston Spa.
The World Wars I and II memorial at Boston Spa
The World Wars I and II memorial at Bramham.
The World Wars I and II memorial at Clifford

Names, Geographical

The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
- (SE418458) Moor End

Societies

This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
- Yorkshire Archaeological Society, FH Section
- The City of York and District FHS

Taxation

A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.

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