Horsforth is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1747 from a chapelry in Guiseley Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: West End.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1693
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Methodist New Connexion, Particular Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HORSFORTH, a village, a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in Hunslet district, W. R. Yorkshire.
The village stands on the river Aire, near the Leeds and Harrogate and the Leeds and Bradford railways, 5 miles NW of Leeds; is large and populous, a seat of the clothing trade; and has a station on the railway, a post office under Leeds, a mechanics’ institute, two national schools, and an iron bridge over the Aire, erected in 1819.
The township includes also the hamlets of Woodside and West End, and is in Guiseley parish. Acres, 2, 729. Real property, £10, 793; of which £120 are in gas works. Pop. in 1851, 4, 584; in 1861, 5, 281. Houses, 1, 095. The increase of pop. arose from extension of the woollen cloth trade, and from employment at bleach works, a silk mill, and stone quarries.
The manor and much of the land belong to John S. Stanhope, Esq. Horsforth Hall is occupied by John Marshall, Esq.
The chapelry includes only part of the township. Pop., 2, 466. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150. Patron, J. S. Stanhope, Esq. The church is a plain edifice.
There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, New Connexion Methodists, and Free Methodists..
The sub-district contains all Horsforth township and two townships of Otley and Harewood parishes. Acres, 5, 530. Pop., 5, 733. Houses, 1, 206.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Yorkshire, Horsforth – Cemeteries ( 4 )
Cemetery registers of Horsforth Cemetery, 1881-2000
Author: Horsforth Cemetery (Horsforth, Yorkshire)
Cragg Hill Baptist Church, Horsforth (formerly Horsforth Zion Baptist Church) : memorial inscriptions (1800-1948)
Author: Wolstenhulme, Les; Clayton, Brian
Leeds and district burials : records, inscriptions & plans
Author: Leeds Burial Project
St. James Church, Woodside, Horsforth : monumental inscriptions, 1849-1996
Author: Wolstenhulme, Les; Clayton, Brian
England, Yorkshire, Horsforth – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Horsforth, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Yorkshire, Horsforth – Census – 1901 – Indexes ( 1 )
Horsforth 1901 census index
Author: Wharfedale Family History Group
England, Yorkshire, Horsforth – Church records ( 15 )
Births and baptisms of Horsforth, Methodist New Connexion Church, 1831-1837
Author: Ebenezer Chapel (Horsforth, Yorkshire : Methodist New Connexion)
Births and baptisms of Horsforth, Wesleyan Church, 1818-1837
Author: Wesleyan Church (Horsforth, Yorkshire)
Births, 1800-1835
Author: Zions Chapel (Horsforth, Yorkshire : Baptist)
Births, 1800-1837
Author: Zions Chapel (Horsforth, Yorkshire : Baptist)
Bishop’s transcripts for Guiseley, 1632-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Guiseley (Yorkshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Horsforth, 1813-1876
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Horsforth (Yorkshire)
Guiseley parish registers including Horsforth & Rawdon chapels
Author: Wharfedale Family History Group
Horsforth St. James, Woodside burials index, 1848-1926
Author: Cockroft, Alan; Walker, Mike
Horsforth St. James, Woodside marriages index, 1848-1904
Author: Cockroft, Alan; Walker, Mike; Church of England. Chapelry of Woodside (Yorkshire)
Horsforth St. Margaret baptisms index, 1838-1889
Author: Dougill, Maryon; Church of England. Chapelry of Horsforth (Yorkshire)
Horsforth St. Margaret burials index, 1838-1924
Author: Dougill, Maryon; Church of England. Chapelry of Horsforth (Yorkshire)
Horsforth St. Margaret marriages index, 1853-1914
Author: Dougill, Maryon; Church of England. Chapelry of Horsforth (Yorkshire)
Parish records Horsforth
Author: Wharfedale Family History Group
A transcript of the early registers of the parish of Guiseley in the County of York, 1584-1720 : together with a transcript of early registers of the chapelry of Horsforth, 1620-1720
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Guiseley (Yorkshire); Preston, W. E. (William Easterbrook); Rowe, Joseph Hambley; Church of England. Chapelry of Horsforth (Yorkshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Rawden (Yorkshire)
A transcript of the early registers of the parish of Guiseley in the county of York, 1584-1720 : together with a transcript of the early registers of the chapelry of Horsforth 1620-1720; with notes on Guisley families
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Guiseley (Yorkshire); Preston, W. E. (William Easterbrook); Rowe, Joseph Hambley; Church of England. Chapelry of Horsforth (Yorkshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Rawden (Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Horsforth – Church records – Indexes ( 6 )
Computer printout of Horsforth, Ebenezer Methodist New Co
Computer printout of Horsforth, Wesleyan Methodist, Yorks., Eng
Computer printout of Horsforth, Zion Calvinistic Baptist, Yorks., Eng
Parish register printouts of Horsforth parish, Yorkshire, England, 1620-1835
Parish register printouts of Horsforth, Yorkshire, England (Methodist New Connexion, Ebenezer Chapel) ; christenings, 1831-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Horsforth, Yorkshire, England (Wesleyan) ; christenings, 1818-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Yorkshire, Horsforth – Genealogy ( 3 )
Deeds and documents of Horsforth (Yorkshire)
Author: Preston, W. E. (William Easterbrook); Manor of Horsofrth (Yorkshire)
Horsforth area (Yorkshire) wills, bonds, pedigrees, etc.
Author: Preston, W. E. (William Easterbrook)
Papers of the Green family of Horsforth, Leeds
Author: Preston, W. E. (William Easterbrook)
England, Yorkshire, Horsforth – History ( 1 )
Miscellany
Author: Thoresby Society
England, Yorkshire, Horsforth – Land and property ( 2 )
Deeds and documents of Horsforth (Yorkshire)
Author: Preston, W. E. (William Easterbrook); Manor of Horsofrth (Yorkshire)
Poor law and other town records, 1604-1795
Author: Horsforth (Yorkshire); Preston, W. E. (William Easterbrook)
England, Yorkshire, Horsforth – Manors ( 1 )
Deeds and documents of Horsforth (Yorkshire)
Author: Preston, W. E. (William Easterbrook); Manor of Horsofrth (Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Horsforth – Maps ( 1 )
Leeds & Bradford including Halifax & Brighouse : A1 easy read street atlas
England, Yorkshire, Horsforth – Names, Personal ( 2 )
The Names of families in the township of Horsforth, 1748
Author: Preston, W. E. (William Easterbrook)
Poor law and other town records, 1604-1795
Author: Horsforth (Yorkshire); Preston, W. E. (William Easterbrook)
England, Yorkshire, Horsforth – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law and other town records, 1604-1795
Author: Horsforth (Yorkshire); Preston, W. E. (William Easterbrook)
England, Yorkshire, Horsforth – Taxation ( 4 )
Land tax assessments for Horsforth township, 1753, 1781-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments for Ilkley township, 1753, 1782-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments for Menstone township, 1753, 1781-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Poor law and other town records, 1604-1795
Author: Horsforth (Yorkshire); Preston, W. E. (William Easterbrook)
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: Carlton Gilbert Union
- Hundred: Skyrack
- Province: York
