Dewsbury parish

Dewsbury parish registers: Dates and current locations etc.

The place:

A parish town, in Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, Liberty of the manor of Wakefield; 5 miles from Wakefield, 8 from Huddersfield and Leeds, 9 from Bradford, 10 from Halifax, 33 from York, 187 from London. Population 6,380. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All Saints in the deanery of Pontefract.

Deposited Registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield)

• Baptisms: 1538-1950
• Marriages: 1538-1967
• Burials: 1538-1859

Bishop's Transcripts:

• 1600-1602, 1604, 1605, 1607, 1609, 1611, 1612, 1615, 1626, 1630,1632-1637, 1639, 1641, 1661-1669, 1672, 1673, 1675-1678, 1682-1686, 1688-1695, 1697-1726, 1728-1847, (1848-1853*)
  * At West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds

IGI Coverage:

• C 1538-1653, 1738-1847;
• M 1539-1653, 1738-1837

Transcripts and Indexes:

1. CMB 1538-1653; PTNI; In parish magazine, S. J. Chadwick; Borthwick Institute of Historical Research
2. CMB 1653-1699; Typed transcript, no index; Yorkshire Archaeological Society
3. CMB 1729-1774; Typed transcript, no index; West Yorkshire Archive Service Wakefield, Ref: D9/5-6
4. B 1813-1830; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
5. B 1831-1846; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
6. B 1847-1859; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
7. M 1829-1837; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
8. C 1653-1691; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
9. C 1692-1722; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
10. C 1723-1746; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
11. C 1747-1763; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
12. C 1764-1776; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
13. C 1777-1786; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
14. C 1787-1796; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
15. C 1796-1801; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
16. C 1802-1806; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
17. C 1807-1812; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
18. C 1813-1819; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
19. C 1819-1825; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
20. C 1825-1831; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
21. C 1832-1836; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
22. C 1837-1843; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
23. C 1844-1851; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
24. C 1852-1860; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
25. C 1861-1869; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
26. C 1870-1877; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
27. C 1878-1891; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
28. C 1892-1912; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
29. C 1913-1950; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
30. B 1653-1742; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
31. B 1743-1789; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
32. B 1790-1812; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
33. M 1653-1722; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
34. M 1722/3-1762; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
35. M 1763-1786; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
36. M 1787-1804; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
37. M 1805-1818; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
38. M 1819-1828; Transcript with index; Huddersfield and District Family History Society (purchase)
39. M 1538-1650; Typed transcript, with index; Boyd's Marriage Index; Society of Genealogists, York Central Library
40. M 1700-1746; Typed transcript, with index; Loomes' Yorkshire Marriage Index; Society of Genealogists