Burley, Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Burley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1793 from Headingley Ecclesiastical Parish.

Alternative names: Burley near Leeds, Leeds St Matthias

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1854
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BURLEY, a village and a chapelry in Leeds parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near Headingley r. station, 2¾ miles NNW of Leeds; and has a post office under Leeds. The chapelry was constituted in 1849. Pop., 3,530. Houses, 749. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £230. Patrons, Trustees. The church was rebuilt in 1837.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Burley (near Leeds) – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Cemetery registers of Headingley-with Burley Cemetery, 1876-1992
Author:    Headingley-with-Burley Cemetery (Headingley-with-Burley, Yorkshire)

Administration

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