GENUKI: Great Mitton

The Ancient Parish of GREAT MITTON

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"GREAT MITTON, a parish-town, in the west-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Bowland; 3 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 10 from Blackburn, (Lanc.) 12 from Gisburn. Pop. 324. The Church is a vicarage dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Craven, value, ~£14. 7s. 8½d. p.r. !£140."

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

Agden
Ayxa
Bashall
Bashall Eaves
Braddup House
Browsholme Hall
Eadsford Bridge

Grindleton
New House
Page Fold
Waddington
Waddow Hall
West Bradford

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- All Hallows Church, Great Mitton.
- St. Amrose's Church, Grindleton.
- The Free Methodist Church, Grindleton.
- St. Helen's Church, Waddington.
- The Methodist Chapel, Waddington.
- St. Catherine's Church, West Bradford.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
  - Internal view looking across the nave from the choir
- The Methodist Church, West Bradford.

Church History

Transcript of the entry for Great Mitton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Grindleton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Waddington in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society have published :
- Baptisms 1610-1812
- Marriages 1620-1812
- Burials 1610-1812
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Great Mitton.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Grindleton.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Waddington.

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.
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 and II memorial at Waddington.
The World War I Memorial Plaque in St. Catherine's Church, West Bradford.

Societies

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- Airedale & Wharfedale FHS

Taxation

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

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