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West Riding, Yorkshire

West Riding, Yorkshire

The Ancient Parish of THORNHILL

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"THORNHILL, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles S. of Dewsbury, 6 from Wakefield, 9½ from Huddersfield, 35 from York. Pop. 1,932, the Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, £40. Patron, the Hon. and Rev. J. Lumley Saville." (There is further information for Thornhill).

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

Briestfield
Fall House
Flockton
Gettingley
Hill Top
Lees Hall
Middlestown
Nether Midgley

Netherton
New Hall
Over Midgley
Overton
Smithy Brook
Thornhill Lees
Whitley Lower

[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St. Michael and all Angels' Church, Thornhill (view 1). (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Michael and all Angels' Church, Thornhill (view 2, a photo mosaic).
- The Methodist Church, Thornhill.
- St. Mary and St. Michael's Church, Whitley Lower (view 1). (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Mary's Church, Whitley Lower (view 2).
- The Wesleyan Chapel, Briestfield, now a private dwelling.
- St. James Church, Flockton.
- The Methodist Church, Flockton.
- The Zion United Reformed Church, Flockton - built 1802. (With short history).
- The Zion United Reformed Church, Flockton - view 2.
- The Church of the Holy Innocents, Savile Town.
- The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Thornhill Lees, view 1.
- The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Thornhill Lees, view 2.
- The Primitive Methodist Church, Thornhill Lees, now a Senior Citizens' Social Centre.
- The Primitive Methodist Chapel, Thornhill.
- The Church of the Good Shepherd, Thornhill Edge (Anglican).
- The Particular Baptist Church, Thornhill Edge.
- The former Methodist Church, Middlestown.
- The Methodist Church, Netherton. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Andrew's Church, Netherton.
- The former Primitive Methodist Church, The Combs, now a private dwelling.
- The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Thornhill Lees.

Church History

A transcription of the Flockton Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Flockton-Zion Chapel Congregational Church History
Transcript of the entry for Thornhill in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Flockton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Thornhill.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Flockton.

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 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.

History

A transcription of the Flockton Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Flockton-Zion 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.

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:
- (SE247190) Combs
- (SE249154) Flockton Green
- (SE235185) Fox Royd
- (SE271147) Midgley
- (SE244185) Overthorpe
- (SE245207) Saville Town
- (SE252180) Thornhill Edge

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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