Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Barnoldswick is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Alternative names: Barlick, Gill, Gill Kirk, Gillkirk

Other places in the parish include: Satterforth, Salterforth, Coates, Brogden with Admerlgill, Brogden with Admergill, Brogden, and Admergill.

Status: Ancient Parish succeeded by Barnoldswick Ecclesiastical Parish

Riding: West Riding

Parish church: St Mary le Ghyll

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1587
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Inghamite, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Barnoldswick

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BARNOLDSWICK, a township, a parish, and a subdistrict, in the district of Skipton, W. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies adjacent to the Leeds and Liverpool canal, 5 miles N of Colne; and has a post office under Colne. A railway from it, 2 miles long, to the Leeds and Bradford, was authorised in 1867. Acres, 2,020. Pop., 2,810. Houses, 550.

The parish is also called Gill-Kirk, from the situation of its church on the verge of a deep glen; and includes likewise the townships of Salterforth, Coates, and Brogden-with-Admergill. Acres, 6,040. Real property, £12,515. Pop., 3,478. Houses, 687. The property is much subdivided. Munch of the surface is hilly and high.

An abbey was founded here in 1147; but, in consequence of local disputes, was removed to Kirkstall.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £162. Patron, R. Hodson, Esq. The church is Norman.

There are four dissenting chapels and a national school.

The subdistrict comprises four parishes. Acres, 17,463. Pop., 5,986. Houses, 1,191.

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

Admergill

Langdale A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire 1822

Admergill, f. h. in the township of Brockden, parish of Barnoldswick, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 2 miles from Guisburn.

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

Baines History Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York 1822

Admergill, in the parish of Barnoldswick, wap. and liberty of Staincliffe, 2 miles from Gisburn.

Shaw Wm. gentleman

Smith Thos. vict. Moor Cock

Source: History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York by Edward Baines. Printed and Published by Edward Baines, at the Leeds Mercury office; and sold by Hurst and Robinson, 90, Cheapside, London, and all other booksellers. 1822.

Parish Records

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England, Yorkshire, Barnoldswick – Cemeteries ( 4 )
Barnoldswick, St. Mary le Gill Church [monumental inscriptions]
Author: Ellis, David; Sutcliffe, Norman, 1939-1986; Turner, David G.

Church of St. Mary Le Gill monumental inscriptions, Barnoldswick Yorkshire, England
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. British Mission

Monumental inscriptions in Yorkshire
Author: Gardner, David Ensign, 1915-2007

Monumental inscriptions, St. Mary Le Gill churchyard, Barnoldswick
Author: Pendle Family History Society; Barnoldswick Local History Society

England, Yorkshire, Barnoldswick – Census ( 4 )
Census returns for Barnoldswick, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Brogden, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Coates, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Salterforth, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Barnoldswick – Church records ( 8 )
Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, index of registers in iron safe at Gill Church : baptisms, 1587-1837; marriages, 1588-1837; burials, 1587-1842; dissenters, 1717-1776
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barnoldswick (Yorkshire)

Births and burials at Bridge Chapel (Baptist), 1785-1837, births at Earby (Baptist), 1802-1837, baptisms and burials at Salterforth (Inghamite), 1753-1837, register of Dissenters, 1717-1776
Author: Mettam, Z. (Zara K.)

Births and burials, 1785-1837
Author: Bridge Chapel Baptist Church (Barnoldswick, Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Barnoldswick, 1598-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barnoldswick (Yorkshire)

England, Lancashire, Barnoldswick, parish registers, 1587-2012
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barnoldswick (Yorkshire); Lancashire Records Office (Preston, England)

History of the Bethesda Baptist church
Author: Lewis, Evan R.

Parish register transcripts, 1587-1776
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barnoldswick (Yorkshire)

Salterforth and Barnoldswick Baptist Chapels births, baptisms and burials
Author: Spencer, Wilfred; Rossendale Society for Genealogy and Heraldry (Lancashire)

England, Yorkshire, Barnoldswick – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Barnoldswick, Bridge Chapel Baptist, Yorks., Eng

Computer printout of Barnoldswick, Yorks., Eng

Parish register printouts of Barnoldswick, York, England ; christenings, 1588-1776
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Barnoldswick, York, England, (Bridge Chapel), christenings, 1779-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Yorkshire, Barnoldswick – Probate records ( 1 )
Original wills, bonds, inventories, 1660-1794
Author: Manor of Barnoldswick. Court (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Barnoldswick – Probate records – Indexes ( 1 )
Lancashire West Craven wills proved at York, 1688-1799
Author: Stott, Brian

England, Yorkshire, Barnoldswick – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Barnoldswick township, 1782-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

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Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Skipton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Barnoldswick
  • Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
  • Rural Deanery: Craven
  • Poor Law Union: Skipton
  • Hundred: Staincliff and Ewcross
  • Province: York