Scissett is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1840 from High Hoyland Ancient Parish and Emley Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Hoyland High St Augustine
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1839
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1844
Nonconformists include:Â
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SCISSETT, a hamlet in High Hoyland parish, and a chapelry partly also in Emley parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The hamlet lies in Cumberworth township, 1½ mile S S W of Shepley r. station, and 4¼ N W by N of Penistone. The chapelry was constituted in 1840; and its post town is Shepley, under Huddersfield. Rated property, £2,077. Pop. in 1861, 3,131. Houses, 610. The property is much subdivided. There are several worsted and woollen mills. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £133. Patron, W. B. Beaumont, Esq. The church is modern; and there are five dissenting chapels, and a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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See also Hoyland High
England, Yorkshire, High Hoyland – Cemeteries
Memorial inscriptions
Author: Barnsley Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, High Hoyland – Census
Census returns for Cumberworth, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
Census returns for High Hoyland, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Yorkshire, High Hoyland – Census – 1851 – Indexes
Kirklees census returns index : Cumberworth and Cumberworth Half, 1851
Author: Ogden, Janet; Huddersfield & District Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, High Hoyland – Church records
Baptism registers, 1859-1881
Author: Primitive Methodist Church (West Clayton, Yorkshire)
Baptism registers, 1869-1920
Author: Pilling Lane Chapel (Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire : Primitive Methodist)
Baptism registers, 1875-1945
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church (Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire)
Baptism registers, 1887-1970
Author: Methodist Church (Cumberworth, Yorkshire)
Births, baptisms, deaths and burials, 1797-1837
Author: Independent Church (Clayton)
Bishop’s transcripts for High Hoyland, 1600-1858
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of High Hoyland (Yorkshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Scisset, 1844-1857
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Scisset (Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, High Hoyland, parish registers, 1741-1972
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of High Hoyland (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute
Parish registers for Scisset, 1839-1948
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Scisset (Yorkshire)
Selected baptisms, marriages and burials of various parishes in Yorkshire
England, Yorkshire, High Hoyland – Church records – Indexes
Computer printout of High Hoyland, Yorks., Eng
Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Wakefield; Wortley
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
- Rural Deanery: Pontefract
- Poor Law Union: Penistone
- Hundred: Agbrigg; Staincross
- Province: York