Dalton (near Rotherham), Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Dalton (near Rotherham) is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1849 from Thrybergh Ancient Parish, Rotherham Ancient Parish, and Ecclesfield Ancient Parish; located on Dalton Lane.

Other places in the parish include: Dalton Brook.

Alternative names:

  • Dalton Parva with Dalton Brook
  • Dalton Magna with Dalton Brook
  • Dalton Parva
  • Rotherham Holy Trinity. Dalton Lane
  • Dalton Magna

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1849
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Methodist, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Reform.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DALTON, a township in Rotherham and Thrybergh parishes, and a chapelry in Rotherham, Thrybergh, and Ecclesfield parishes, W. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies 2 miles E of Rotherham; and includes the village of Dalton-Brook. The part of it in Thrybergh is known as Dalton-Magna; and the part in Rotherham, as Dalton-Par. Acres, 1, 400. Real property, £2, 202; of which £269 are in quarries. Pop., 336. Houses, 75.

The chapelry was constituted in 1850; and its post town is Rotherham. Rated property, £2, 230. Pop., 369. Houses, 79. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value. £200. Patron, G. S. Foljambe, Esq. The church is good.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Yorkshire, Dalton (near Rotherham) – Maps ( 1 )
Eastwood & Park Gate Works, 1901 : with a six-inch map of Aldwarke, Dalton Parva, Parkgate, Rawmarsh & Thrybergh in 1893
Author:    Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

England, Yorkshire, Dalton (near Rotherham) – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Dalton township, 1781-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments, 1836-1899
Author:    Dalton (near Rotherham, Yorkshire)

Administration

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