GENUKI: Wadworth

The Ancient Parish of WADWORTH

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"WADWORTH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (the seat of Sir George Scovell, Bart.) 3 miles NW. of Tickhill, 4 from Doncaster, 8½ from Rotherham Pop. 614. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, ~£4. 2s. 6d. Patrons, Mrs. Verelst, and Sir Charles Kent, Bart. as heirs of the late Mrs. Wordsworth."

"ALVERLEY GRANGE, (the seat of Bryan William Darwin Cooke, Esq.) in the township and parish of Wadworth, 3 miles from Doncaster, 10 from Rotherham."

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- The Church of St. John the Baptist, Wadworth (view 1).
- The Church of St. John the Baptist, Wadworth (view 2).
- The Methodist Church, Wadworth (view 1).
- The Methodist Church, Wadworth (view 2).

Church History

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

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Wadworth.

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 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.

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 War Memorial in St. John's Churchyard, Wadworth.

Societies

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- Doncaster and District FHS

Taxation

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

This page is copyright. Do not copy any part of this page or website other than for personal use or as given in the conditions of use.
If you have any suggestions for links to other sites that may be useful to other researchers, please use this User Links page
Web-page generated by "DB2html" data-base extraction software ©Colin Hinson 2024