GENUKI: Dewsbury

The Ancient Parish of DEWSBURY

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"DEWSBURY, 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. Market, Wednesday. Fairs, Wednesday before New Michaelmas day, October 5, and Wednesday before Old May day, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, &c, Principal Inns, the George Hotel, Man and Saddle, and the Commercial Coffee House. Pop. 6,380. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints in the deanry of Pontefract, value, ~£22. 13s. 9d. Patron, the King.

Camden supposes that the name of this place is derived from Dui, a local deity, of the Brigantes, for it resembles Duis Burgh in sound; and the town, he observes, has been considerable from the earliest date of Christianity, for a cross, which was to be seen here having this inscription: Paulinus hic praedicavit, et celebravit. This Paulinus, the Northumbrian apostle, was the first Archbishop of York, about the year 626. The learned Dr. Gale was of opinion, that this place received its name from some Roman auxiliaries of the 6th Legion, who had camps in many parts of this Riding."

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

Balk Hill
Belly Bridge
Boothroyd
Chickenley
Chidswell
Clifton
Crow Nest
Daw Green

Dewsbury Mills
Dewsbury Moor Side
Earls Heaton
Gawthorpe
Hanging Heaton
Hartshead
Heaton Hill
Kirklees Hall

Low Laithes
Ossett
Pismire Hill
Shaw Cross
Soothill
Spink Well
Streetside
Thornhills

Cemeteries

Here are photographs of Cemeteries in the parish:
- Dewsbury Cemetery.

Churches

Photographs of churches in the ancient parish of Dewsbury:
- Photographs of Churches in the Town of Dewsbury
- Photographs of Churches in and around Ossett.
- Photographs of Churches outside the town of Dewsbury but within the ancient parish of Dewsbury.

Church History

A transcription of Ossett Baptist Church History
A transcription of Dewsbury Baptist Church History
A transcription of Ossett Central Baptist Church History
A transcription of the Dewsbury-Ebenezer Chapel Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Dewsbury-Springfield Chapel Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Dewsbury-Highfield Chapel Earlsheaton Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Dewsbury-Trinity Chapel Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Dewsbury-Gawthorpe Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Ossett-Green Chapel Congregational Church History
Transcript of the entry for Dewsbury in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Dewsbury St John in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Earlsheaton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Hanging Heaton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Hartshead in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Ossett with Gawthorpe in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

Here are transcriptions from the parish records:
- Dewsbury All Saints Baptisms 1841 to 1866.
- Dewsbury All Saints Burials 1813 to 1817.
- Dewsbury All Saints Burials 1818 to 1822.
- Dewsbury All Saints Burials 1885-1886.
- Hartshead St Peter Burials 1692-1733.
- Hartshead St Peter Burials 1733-1785.
- Hartshead St Peter Burials 1786-1812.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Dewsbury.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Modern Parish of Dewsbury St John.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Earls Heaton.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Hanging Heaton.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Hartshead.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Ossett.

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 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's 1837 Gazetteer, History and Directory, of the West Riding.

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 White's 1837 Gazetteer, History and Directory, of the West Riding.
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.

History

Here is a photograph of the Stocks opposite Hartshead Cemetery.
A transcription of the Dewsbury-Ebenezer Chapel Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Dewsbury-Springfield Chapel Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Dewsbury-Highfield Chapel Earlsheaton Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Dewsbury-Trinity Chapel Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Dewsbury-Gawthorpe Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Ossett-Green Chapel Congregational Church History

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

A photograph of the unveiling of the Hanging Heaton War Memorial in 1920.
The World War I memorial on the wall of the Central Methodist Church, Dewsbury.
The World War I and II War Memorial in St Paul's Churchyard, Hanging Heaton.

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:
- (SE248222) Crackenedge
- (SE285211) Flushdyke
- (SE270192) Healey
- (SE229226) Knowles Hill
- (SE231225) Knowles Lump
- (SE286214) Lodge Hill
- (SE240237) Mount Pleasant
- (SE290200) Ossett Spa
- (SE275215) Ossett Street Side
- (SE289209) Shepherd Hill
- (SE286196) South Ossett

Societies

This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
- Huddersfield and District FHS
- Wakefield and district FHS

Taxation

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

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