GENUKI: East Ardsley

The Ancient Parish of EAST ARDSLEY

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"EAST ARDSLEY, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3½ miles NW. of Wakefield 6 from Leeds, 11½ from Bradford, 28 from York. Pop. 832. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Pontefract. Patron, the Right Hon. Earl of Cardigan."

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Michael's Church, East Ardsley (front view).
- St. Michael's Church, East Ardsley (rear view).
- St. Gabriel's Church, East Ardsley.
- The Methodist Church, East Ardsley.

Church History

Transcript of the entry for East Ardsley in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of East Ardsley.

Directories

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

Gazetteers

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.

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.

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:
- (SE312248) Lawns
- (SE309256) The Fall

Societies

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- Morley and District FHG

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