Middleton Yorkshire Family History Guide
Middleton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1849 from Rothwell Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Belle Isle and Bell Isle.
Alternative names: Middleton near Rothwell, Rothwell St Mary, Middleton with Belle Isle
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1846
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1880
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MIDDLETON, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Rothwell parish W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an eminence, 4 miles S of Leeds r. station; and commands extensive views. The township contains also the hamlet of Belle-Isle. Post town, Leeds. Acres, 1,797. Real property, £9,261; of which £4,400 are in mines, and £30 in quarries. Pop., 902. Houses, 207. There are several extensive collieries; and a tram road goes to the Bradling wharf at Leeds.
The chapelry is more extensive than the township, and was constituted in 1849. Pop., 1,360. Houses, 292. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £140. Patron, the Vicar of Rothwell. The church was built in 1846; is in the early English style; and consists of nave, aisles, N transept, and chancel, with tower and spire.
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: Great Preston Gilbert Union
- Hundred: Agbrigg
- Province: York