Barwick in Elmet, Yorkshire Family History Guide

Barwick in Elmet is an Ancient Parish in the West Riding of the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Scholes, Potterton, Morwick and Scholes, Morwick, Kiddle with Potterton, Kiddal and Potterton, Hiddle, Crosgates, Barrowby, Barnhow, Barnbow, Winmoor, and Stanks.

Status: Ancient Parish

Alternative names: Barwick in Elmett

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Barwick in Elmet

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BARWICK-IN-ELMETT, a township in Tadcaster district, and a parish in Tadcaster and Hunslet districts, W. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies 2½ miles N of Garforth r. station, and 8 ENE of Leeds; includes the hamlets of Barrowby, Crosgates, Barnbow, Hiddle, Morwick, Potterton, Scholes, and Stanks, and part of Winmoor; and has a post office under South Milford. Acres, 6,400. Real property, £9,721. Pop., 1,804. Houses, 386.

The parish includes also the township of Roundhay. Acres, 8,030. Real property, £15,432. Pop., 2,374. Houses, 496. The property is not much divided. Traces of a castle, said to have been the residence of Edwin, King of Northumbria, occur on Hall Tower hill. A monastery, founded about 730, stood somewhere in the parish.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £770. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is good; and there are charities £32.

The chapelries of Manston and Roundhay are separate benefices.

The workhouse of Tadcaster district is in Barwick township.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Barnbow

Langdale A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire 1822

Barnbow, ham. in the township and parish of Barwick-in-Elmet, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Leeds, 8 from Wetherby.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire By Thomas Langdale. Second Edition. Printed and Sold by J. Langdale; and sold by T. Langdale, Ripon. 1822.

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Knapton Thomas, Barwick in Elmet, Yorkshire, innkeeper, June 1, 1841.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Barwick-in-Elmett – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Leeds and district burials : records, inscriptions & plans
Author: Leeds Burial Project

Wills, registers and monumental inscriptions of the parish of Barwick-in-Elmet, Co. York
Author: Lamb, George Denison

England, Yorkshire, Barwick-in-Elmett – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Barwick in Elmett, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Barwick-in-Elmett – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Barwick-in-Elmett, 1600-1852
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barwick-in-Elmett (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Barwick-in-Elmett, 1837-1838
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barwick-in-Elmett (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Manston, 1847-1867
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Manston (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Roundhay, 1827-1832
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Roundhay (Yorkshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1600-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barwick-in-Elmett (Yorkshire)

Wills, registers and monumental inscriptions of the parish of Barwick-in-Elmet, Co. York
Author: Lamb, George Denison

England, Yorkshire, Barwick-in-Elmett – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Barwick in Elmet, Yorkshire, England

England, Yorkshire, Barwick-in-Elmett – History ( 2 )
The demographic history of a Yorkshire village : Barwick-in-Elmet, 1700 to 1900, a case study
Author: Robson, Pauline

A history of the parish of Barwick-in-Elmet, in the county of York
Author: Colman, Frederick Selincourt

England, Yorkshire, Barwick-in-Elmett – Population ( 1 )
The demographic history of a Yorkshire village : Barwick-in-Elmet, 1700 to 1900, a case study
Author: Robson, Pauline

England, Yorkshire, Barwick-in-Elmett – Probate records ( 1 )
Wills, registers and monumental inscriptions of the parish of Barwick-in-Elmet, Co. York
Author: Lamb, George Denison

England, Yorkshire, Barwick-in-Elmett – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Barwick-in-Elmett township, 1753, 1782-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Roundhay township, 1753, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

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Maps

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Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Tadcaster
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
  • Rural Deanery: Pontefract
  • Poor Law Union: Barwick Gilbert Union
  • Hundred: Skyrack
  • Province: York