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
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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].
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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