Dewsbury Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Parish Records

Report upon an Epidemic of Small-Pox in the Borough of Dewsbury in 1904 by J. Spencer Low, B.Sc., D.P.H., Barrister-at-Law, Medical Officer of Health. With a Report upon the Small-Pox Hospital by E. Maynard Ashcroft, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., Resident Medical Officer. Published Dewsbury: Joseph Ward & Co., Caxton Square, Church Street. 1905. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

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England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – Archives and libraries – Inventories, registers, catalogs ( 2 )
Historical Manuscripts Commission,, National Register of Archives : report on the records preserved in the Central Public Library, Dewsbury and in the parish church of St. Michael, Thornhill
Author:    English, B. A., Mrs.

Lord Savile Yorkshire estate records, compiled 1969-70
Author:    Dewsbury Central Library (Dewsbury, Yorkshire); Savile Estate Office (Thornhill, Yorkshire); National Register of Archives. West Riding (Northern Section) Committee

England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – Cemeteries ( 9 )
Copies of inscriptions on headstones in cemeteries of Dewsbury and Drighlington, Yorkshire, England

Monumemtal inscriptions, Dewsbury, 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, Dewsbury, York, England, 1700-1850

Monumental inscriptions, Dewsbury, York, England, 1735-1876

Monumental inscriptons, Longcauseway, Dewsbury, United Reformed Church, ca. 1812-1873
Author:    Hanson, J.; Hanson, J.

Register of burials, Dewsbury Cemetery, Yorkshire, 1860-1942
Author:    Dewsbury Cemetery (Yorkshire)

Register of graves
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

Removal of graves and tombstones for Centenary Methodist Church and Sunday School burial ground
Author:    Dewsbury (Yorkshire : Borough)

England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – Census ( 3 )
Census returns for Clifton, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

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

Census returns for Ossett with Gawthorpe, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 2 )
Kirklees census returns index : Batley, 1851
Author:    Bruce, Stephen F.; Whitwam, Stephen David; Huddersfield & District Family History Society

Kirklees census returns index : Dewsbury, 1851
Author:    Perry, Laurence; Whitwam, Stephen David; Huddersfield & District Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – Church history ( 3 )
The early ecclesiastical history of Dewsbury, in the West Riding of the county at York : including a sketch of the introduction of Christianity into Northumbria, to which are added, with notes, Dr. Whitaker’s account of Dewsbury, and an account of the Savile family of Lupset, Thornhill, and Howley
Author:    Greenwood, John Beswicke

The early ecclesiastical history of Dewsbury, in the West Riding of the county at York : including a sketch of the introduction of Christianity into Northumbria, to which are added, with notes, Dr. Whitaker’s account of Dewsbury, and an account of the Savile family of Lupset, Thornhill, and Howley
Author:    Greenwood, John Beswicke

Historical and biographical notices
Author:    Waddington, George G.

England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – Church records ( 39 )
Baptism registers, 1884-1965
Author:    Wesleyan Methodist Church (Hartshead, Yorkshire)

Baptism registers, 1891-1964
Author:    Methodist Church (Dewsbury Moor, Yorkshire)

Births and baptisms, 1816-1837
Author:    Ebenezer Chapel (Dewsbury, Yorkshire : Independent)

Births, baptisms and burials, 1798-1837
Author:    High Chapel, Townend (Dewsbury, Yorkshire : Wesleyan)

Bishop’s transcripts for Dewsbury, 1600-1853
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Hanging-Heaton, 1826-1853
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Hanging-Heaton (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Hartshead, 1600-1866
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Hartshead (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Holy Trinity Church, Dewsbury, 1842-1853
Author:    Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Dewsbury, Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Ossett, 1813-1851
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Ossett (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for St. John’s Church, Dewsbury, 1830-1853
Author:    Church of England. St. John’s Church (Dewsbury, Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for St. John’s Church, Dewsbury, 1849-1853
Author:    Church of England. St. John’s Church (Dewsbury, Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for St. Peter’s Church, Earls-Heaton, 1827-1853
Author:    Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Earls-Heaton, Yorkshire)

Church records for Salem New Connexion Methodist Chapel, Dewsbury, 1809-1837
Author:    Salem Chapel (Dewsbury, Yorkshire : Methodist New Connexion)

Church records, 1859-1940
Author:    Zion Chapel (Ossett-with-Gawthorpe, Yorkshire : Congregational)

Dewsbury parish church baptisms, 1813-1819
Author:    Perry, Laurence; Huddersfield & District Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

Dewsbury Parish Church, marriages, 1918-1923
Author:    Dixon, Ken; Wood, Phyl; Whitaker, Joan M.; Wakefield and District Family History Society; All Saint’s Parish (Dewsbury, Yorkshire)

Dewsbury parish registers
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

Hartshead, St. Peter Parish Church, baptisms, 1813-1827
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Hartshead (Yorkshire)

Parish chest materials, 1538-1861
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

Parish chest materials, 1692-1839
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Hartshead (Yorkshire)

The parish register of Hartshead in the county of York, 1612-1812
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Hartshead (Yorkshire); Armytage, Edith Beatrice; Church of England. Parish Church of Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1653-1699
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Batley Carr, 1841-1909
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Batley Carr (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Daw-Green, 1884-1927
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Daw-Green (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Dewsbury, 1538-1905
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

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

Parish registers for Earls-Heaton, 1827-1960
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Earls-Heaton (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Hanging-Heaton, 1825-1909
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Hanging-Heaton (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Hartshead, 1612-1922
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Hartshead (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Ossett, 1792-1914
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Ossett (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for South Ossett, 1851-1960
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of South Ossett (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for St. Mark’s Church, Dewsbury, 1865-1945
Author:    Church of England. St. Mark’s Church (Dewsbury, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for St. Matthew’s Church, Dewsbury, 1848-1913
Author:    Church of England. St. Matthew’s Church (Dewsbury, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for St. Philip’s Church, Dewsbury, 1878-1903
Author:    Church of England. St. Philip’s Church (Dewsbury, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Thornhill-Lees, 1858-1936
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Thornhill-Lees (Yorkshire); Church of England. St. Mary’s Mission Church (Savile Town, Yorkshire)

Rates for repairs to church, 1808-1809
Author:    Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

Register of graves
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

The registers of Dewsbury, Yorkshire
Author:    Chadwick, S. J. (Samuel Joseph)

Township account book, 1691-1828
Author:    Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – Church records – Indexes ( 13 )
Computer printout of Dewsbury, Ebenezer Independent, Yorks., Eng

Computer printout of Dewsbury, High Chapel Townend Wesleyan, Yorks., Eng

Computer printout of Dewsbury, Holy Trinity, Yorks., Eng

Computer printout of Dewsbury, Salem Chapel King Street Methodist New Connexion, Yorks., Eng

Computer printout of Dewsbury, St. John, Yorks., Eng

Computer printout of Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England

Computer printout of Hanging Heaton, Yorks., Eng

Computer printout of Hartshead, Yorks., Eng

Computer printout of Ossett, Yorks., Eng

Digest of marriages, Society of Friends (Quakers), Pontefract monthly meeting : incl. Holmfirth, Dewsbury, Wakefield, Barnsley & Penistone
Author:    Levon, Shirley; Reynolds, Jane; Smith, Joan P.; Wakefield and District Family History Society; Society of Friends. Pontefract Monthly Meeting (Yorkshire)

Parish register printouts of Dewsbury, York, England (Methodist New Connexion, Salem Chapel, King Street) ; christenings, 1797-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England (Independent Church, Ebenezer Chapel) ; christenings, 1815-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England (Wesleyan, High Chapel, Townend) ; christenings, 1798, 1800-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – Court records ( 1 )
Dewsbury moot hall, account rolls, and court roll
Author:    Chadwick, S. J. (Samuel Joseph)

England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – Directories ( 2 )
Dewsbury, 1905
Author:    Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

Jones’s mercantile directory of Halifax, Huddersfield, and Dewsbury : together with the surrounding out-townships and villages

England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – History ( 2 )
Dewsbury as it was
Author:    Scargill, Christopher; Lee, Richard

An illustrated account of Spen Valley and Mirfield

England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – Maps ( 1 )
Dewsbury, 1905
Author:    Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – Occupations ( 1 )
Register of apprentices, 1737-1837
Author:    Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 7 )
Bastardy account book, 1812-1850
Author:    Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

Dewsbury moot hall, account rolls, and court roll
Author:    Chadwick, S. J. (Samuel Joseph)

Overseers of the poor records, 1802-1838
Author:    Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

Poor rate assessments, 1802-1861
Author:    Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

Poor rate assessments, Oct. 1840
Author:    Soothill (Yorkshire)

Township account book, 1691-1828
Author:    Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

Valuation for poor rates assessments, 1803-1844
Author:    Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – Schools ( 3 )
Admission registers, 1889-1927
Author:    Wheelwright Grammar School (Dewsbury, Yorkshire)

History of the Wheelwright Grammar Schools
Author:    Pickles, W.

Infant’s admission registers, 1911-1926
Author:    South Ossett Church School (South Ossett, Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – Taxation ( 9 )
The burgess roll of the borough of Dewsbury …
Author:    Walker, Charles, 1791-1870

Highway rate assessment, 1816
Author:    Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Clifton township, 1806-1808
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Dewsbury township, 1781-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Hartshead township, 1781-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Soothill township, 1781-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Poor rate assessments, Oct. 1840
Author:    Soothill (Yorkshire)

Rate assessments for highway, 1827-1837
Author:    Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

Township account book, 1691-1828
Author:    Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Dewsbury – Voting registers ( 2 )
Burgess roll, 1862-1898
Author:    Dewsbury (Yorkshire)

Electoral registers, 1874-1899
Author:    Dewsbury (Borough : Yorkshire)