Meanwood Yorkshire Family History Guide

Meanwood is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1847 from Chapel Allerton Ecclesiastical Parish and Headingley Ecclesiastical Parish; located on Church Lane.

Alternative names: Leeds Holy Trinity, Church Lane

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

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

Nonconformists include: 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MEANWOOD, a hamlet and a chapelry in Leeds parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The hamlet lies on the E side of a thickly-wooded dell, 2½ miles N E of Kirkstall r. station, and 4 N by W of Leeds; contains some handsome residences; and has a post office under Leeds.

The chapelry was constituted in 1847. Rated property, £2,643. Pop., 1,321. Houses, 303. The property is divided among a few. Meanwood House is a modern mansion. The surface shows diversified scenery, and commands a view of the town of Leeds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150. Patrons, Mrs. and Miss Beckett. The church is modern; and was built at the expense of Mrs. and Miss Beckett.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Meanwood – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Leeds and district burials : records, inscriptions & plans
Author:    Leeds Burial Project

England, Yorkshire, Meanwood – Church history ( 1 )
Sesquicentenary story : 150 years of Meanwood Methodism
Author:    Hopwood, Arthur; Rose, Stanley

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:    Leeds Borough
  • Province:    York