GENUKI: Silkstone

Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- The Church of All Saints and St. James the Greater, Silkstone (view 1).
- All Saints' Church, Silkstone (view 2).
- The former Ebenezer Chapel, Silkstone, now a nursery.
- The former Primitive Methodist Chapel, Silkstone.
- The Methodist Church, Silkstone Common.
- St. Mary's Church, Barnsley.
- St. Edward's Church, Locke Parke, Barnsley.
- The Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Rood, Barnsley.
- St. Paul's Church, Barnsley Old Town.
- Westgate Primitive Methodist Chapel, Barnsley. This chapel became Barnsley Boy's Club in the 1950s and is now a theatre and a Grade 2 listed building.
- Buckley Methodist Church, Union Court, Barnsley.
- Wesleyan Reform Church, Smithies.
- The Christadelphian Church, Blenheim Road, Barnsley.
- The Wesleyan Reform Church, Barnsley.
- The Church of St. John the Evangelist, Hoylandswaine.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
  - The font and cover
- The Methodist Church, Hoylandswaine, orignally a Beathel (sic) Chapel.
- The Methodist Church, Crane Moor, view 1.
- The Methodist Church, Crane Moor, view 2.
- The (former) Primitive Methodist Church, Crane Moor.
- Holy Trinity Church, Thurgoland.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
  - The East Window
  - The font
- The Methodist Church, Thurgoland.
- The Methodist Church, Green Moor.
- The Church of St John the Baptist, Dodworth.
- Methodist Church, Dodworth, view 1.
- Methodist Church, Dodworth, view 2.
- The Wesleyan Reform Church, Dodworth.
- Emmanuel Methodist Church, Old Town.
- The Spiritualist Church, Barnsley.
- The 7th Day Adventist Church, Barnsley.
- The Salem Wesleyan Reform Church, Barnsley.
- The Church of St. Edward the Confessor, Kingstone.
- The former Primitive Methodist Church, Kingstone.
- The Baptist Church, Barnsley. Unfortunately the only website for this church appears to be on Facebook. I do not link to Facebook as it doesn't allow access to those with no account.

A transcription of Barnsley Sheffield Road Baptist Church History
A transcription of Barnsley Zion Baptist Church History
A transcription of the Barnsley-Sheffield Road Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Barnsley-Salem Chapel Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Barnsley-Regent Street Congregational Church History
Transcript of the entry for Silkstone in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Barnsley in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Cawthorne in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Cumberworth in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Stainborough in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Silkstone.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Barnsley.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of West Bretton.
The List of Vicars in St. John's Church, Hoyland Swaine.

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.

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 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.

Here is a transcription of a Land Deed from the year 1653, transcribed from a document in Barnsley Archives, by the Barnsley Archive Project Group.

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.

The World War I Roll of Honour in Holy Trinity Church, Thurgoland.
The World War II Roll of Honour in Holy Trinity Church, Thurgoland.
The World War I Memorial Plaque in Holy Trinity Church, Thurgoland.
The World War II Memorial Plaque in Holy Trinity Church, Thurgoland.
The World Wars I and II memorial at Silkstone
The World War I and II memorial at Dodworth.

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:
- (SE338032) Gilroyd
- (SK281994) Green Moor
- (SE272055) Hill Top
- (SE280047) Kine Moor
- (SE337056) Kingstone
- (SE299041) Moor End
- (SE199082) Park Head
- (SE335060) Shaw Lands
- (SE294045) Silkstone Common

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- Barnsley FHS

The Ancient Parish of SILKSTONE

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