Brotherton Yorkshire Family History Guide
Brotherton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Sutton near Pontefract, Sutton, Byrome cum Poole, Byrome, Byram with Poole, Byram cum Poole, and Bryome with Poole.
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1562
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BROTHERTON, a township and a parish in Pontefract district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Aire, and on the York and North Midland railway, 3 miles NNE of Pontefract; and has a post office under South Milford.
Acres, 798. Real property, £3,071. Pop., 1,333. Houses, 306. The parish contains also the townships of Sutton and Byrome. Acres, 2,190. Real property, £5,283. Pop., 1,449. Houses, 326. The property is much subdivided.
A plot of ground near the church was the site of a house in which Thomas de Brotherton, son of Edward I. and ancestor of the Dukes of Norfolk, was born while his mother was with a hunting party. Limestone of superior quality is found.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £192. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. The church is very good; and there are three dissenting chapels, a national school, and charities £12.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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.
Acaster Thos., Brotherton, Yorkshire, lime burner & ropemaker, June 8, 1830.
Haxby John, Brotherton, Yorkshire, linen draper, Jan. 8, 1830.
Scott George, late Brotherton, Yorkshire, miller, April 22, 1828.
Westerby Rich., Brotherton, Yorksh., lime burner & coal dealer, Oct. 22, 1830.
Parish Registers
Paver’s Marriage Licences
It would appear that a good many licences were never used. So genealogists should exercise a little care in their acceptance of the licenses.
1630 Henry Tyndall, gentleman, Brotherton, and Lucy Jackson, Hickleton —there. (He died 8 June, 1651. She daughter of Sir John Jackson, Knt. Both families entered their pedigrees at Dugdale’s Visitation.)
1630 John Stables, Brotherton, and Ann Turner, Pontefract—there.
Source: The Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Vol XL for the Year 1908; Edited by John WM. Clay, F.S.A., Vice-President of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society; Printed for the Society 1909.
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Pontefract
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: New Ainsty
- Poor Law Union: Great Preston Gilbert Union
- Hundred: Barkstone Ash
- Province: York