GENUKI: Guiseley

Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St Oswald's Church, Guiseley.
- The Methodist Church, Guiseley.
- The Baptist Church, Guiseley.
- The former St. Bartholomew's Church, Carlton, now a private house.
- The Old Church site, Horsforth (view 1).
- The Old Church site, Horsforth (view 2). This photo. and the one above show the location of the original church in Horsforth, which was demolished in the 19th century, when St Margarets was built. The low wall is supposedly on the line of the original church walls.
- St. Margaret's Church, Horsforth (view 1). (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Margaret's Church, Horsforth (view 2).
- St. James's Church, Woodside. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Central Methodist Church, Horsforth.
- The Grove Methodist Church, Horsforth. (The Church's website is here.)
- Cragg Hill Baptist Church, Horsforth (view 1). This used to be the Zion Chapel.
- Cragg Hill Baptist Church, Horsforth (view 2).
- Providence Chapel, Horsforth.
- Woodside Methodist Church, Horsforth.
  - Richard Thomson (who took the above photograph) has also written a short History of the Church.
- Bachelor Lane Methodist Church, Horsforth (view 1).
- Bachelor Lane Methodist Church, Horsforth (view 2).
- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Horsforth.
- The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Horsforth.
- St. Peter's Church, Rawdon.
- The Meeting Hall of the Society of Friends, Rawdon. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Christian Science Church, Rawdon.
- Trinity Church (Methodist; Baptist and URC), Rawdon - so named because it houses the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches.
- The former St. Andrew's Church, Yeadon (built in 1894), now the New Life Community Church. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. John's Church, Yeadon. (View 1)
- St. John's Church, Yeadon. (View 2)
- The Methodist Church, Yeadon.
- Willow Green Christian Fellowship, Horsforth.
- The Roman Catholic Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Yeadon.
- Lister Hill Baptist Church, Horsforth.
- The (Plymouth) Brethren's Meeting room, Horsforth.

Church History

Richard Thomson has also written a short History of Woodside Methodist Church.
A transcription of Rawdon Cragg Baptist Church History
A transcription of Guiseley Baptist Church History
A transcription of Horsforth Baptist Church History
Transcript of the entry for Guiseley in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Horseforth in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Rawden in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The following transcriptions are transcriptions of transcriptions originally done in 1988 by Wath and Mexborough Archives. These documents have many typographical errors and so we cannot vouch for the accuracy in the original transcription. If you find anything of interest here, please be sure to check the original Parish Registers source material.
Transcriptions by Jack Parry of:
- The Baptism Registers for St. Oswald's Church, Guiseley:
  - 1700-1719, 1720-1739, 1740-1749, 1750-1759, 1760-1769, 1770-1779,
  - 1780-1789, 1790-1799, 1800-1809, 1810-1819, 1820-1830, 1831-1841.
- The Marriage Registers for St. Oswald's Church, Guiseley:
  - 1700-1719, 1720-1754, 1754-1769, 1770-1779, 1780-1789,
  - 1790-1799, 1800-1809, 1810-1819, 1820-1829, 1830-1837.
- A transcription of the Marriage Banns 1832 to 1838 with a few from January 1839
- The Burial Registers for St. Oswald's Church, Guiseley:
  - 1820-1829, 1830-1839, 1840-1846.
- The Baptism Registers for Rawdon Chapel, Guiseley PRs:
  - 1700-1719, 1720-1739, 1740-1759, 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1812.
- The Burial Registers for Horsforth Chapel:
  - 1721-1772, 1786-1812.
- The Baptism Registers for Rawdon Chapel, Guiseley PRs:
  - 1700-1719, 1720-1739, 1740-1759, 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1812.
- The Burial Registers for Rawdon Chapel, Guiseley PRs:
  - 1767-1785, 1786-1812.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Guiseley.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Horsforth.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Rawdon.

Description and Travel

Directories

Gazetteers

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

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:
- (SE237374) Cragg Hill
- (SE220431) East Carlton
- (SE232425) Green Gates
- (SE203404) Henshaw
- (SE244376) Horsforth Woodside
- (SE226393) Lane Ends
- (SE214396) Larkfield
- (SE203397) Little London
- (SE231374) Low Fold
- (SE215390) Low Green
- (SE215387) Rawdon Carrs
- (SE219376) Wellroyd
- (SE208430) West Carlton
- (SE230383) West End

The Ancient Parish of GUISELEY

Census

Churches

Church History

Church Records

Description and Travel

Directories

Gazetteers

Maps

Names, Geographical

Poor Houses, Poor Law, etc.

Societies

Taxation