Ardsley Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Ardsley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1843 from Darfield Ancient Parish, located on Doncaster Road. 

Riding: West Riding

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1839
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1842

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ARDSLEY, a township and a chapelry in Darfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies on the Barnsley branch railway, and on the Dearne and Dove canal, 2¾ miles ESE of Barnsley; and it has a station on the railway, and a post office under Barnsley.

Acres, 1,212. Real property, £12,033, of which £7,109 are in mines and quarries. Pop., 1,772. Houses, 363. The chief residences are Ardsley Hall and Ardsley Park. The fanatical and ill-used Quaker, James Nayler, who died in 1660, was a native.

The chapelry is less extensive than the township, and was constituted in 1844. Pop., 1,712. Houses, 363.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £120. Patron, the Vicar of Darfield. The church is in the Norman style, and was built in 1841.

There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Ardsley, a township in the parish of Darfield, west riding of Yorkshire; 2½ miles east from Barnsley; on the Dearne and Dove canal.

A new church in the Norman style was opened here in June, 1841. The tithes, the property of Trinity college, Cambridge, and the rector, were commuted in 1760.

There are 3 daily schools here; one of which is understood to have a small endowment.

Pop., in 1801, 461; in 1831, 1,029. Houses 199. Acres 1,030. A. P. £2.566. Poor rates, in 1837, £200.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Ardsley – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Christ Church, Ardsley (near Barnsley) monumental inscriptions
Author:    Doncaster Society for Family History

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

England, Yorkshire, Ardsley – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
Barnsley Family History Society index to 1851 census : vol. 13, Ardsley
Author:    Barnsley Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Ardsley – Church records ( 4 )
Ardsley Christ Church, baptisms 1839-1930 : also includes Kelly’s Directory 1857 & 1893
Author:    Doncaster & District Family History Society

Bishop’s transcripts for Ardsley, 1842-1860
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Ardsley (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Ardsley, parish registers, 1839-1934
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Ardsley (Yorkshire); Doncaster Council Archives (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute

Parish registers for Ardsley, 1839-1900
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Ardsley (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Ardsley – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Burial index Ardsley : 1853-1952
Author:    Doncaster & District Family History Society

Computer printout of Ardsley by Barnsley, Yorks., Eng

England, Yorkshire, Ardsley – Directories ( 1 )
Ardsley Christ Church, baptisms 1839-1930 : also includes Kelly’s Directory 1857 & 1893
Author:    Doncaster & District Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Ardsley – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Ardsley township, 1782-1828
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Barnsley
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: York
  • Rural Deanery: Doncaster
  • Poor Law Union: Barnsley
  • Hundred: Staincross
  • Province: York