Dewsbury Moor St John, Yorkshire Family History Guide

Dewsbury Moor St John is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1828 from Dewsbury All Saints Ancient Parish; located on Boothroyd Lane.

Alternative names: Dewsbury St John the Evangelist, Dewsbury Moor-Side

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1827
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1830

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

See Dewsbury Yorkshire Family History Guide

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DEWSBURY MOOR, a chapelry in Dewsbury parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 1 mile W of Dewsbury. Pop., 3, 256. Houses, 635. The church was built in 1827.

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

Parish Registers

Parish Records

FamilySearch

United Kingdom, England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury Moor St John – Church records ( 2 )
Baptism registers, 1891-1964
Author: Methodist Church (Dewsbury Moor, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Dewsbury-Moor, 1827-1928
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Dewsbury-Moor (Yorkshire)

United Kingdom, England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury Moor St John – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Overseers of the poor papers, 1813-1819
Author: Dewsbury Moor (Yorkshire)

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Yorkshire Historical Directories

Administration

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