Thorpe Hesley Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Thorpe Hesley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1841 from Wath upon Dearne Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Thorpe, Wath upon Dearne Holy Trinity

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1839
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THORPE-HESLEY, a chapelry in Rotherham, Wath-upon-Dearne, and Ecclesfield parishes, W. R. Yorkshire; near Rotherham r. station.

It was constituted in 1841. Post town, Rotherham. Pop., 1,966. Houses, 407. There are collieries; and bolts, screws, and nails are made.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £210. Patron, the Countess of Effingham. The church is good; and there are three Methodist chapels.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Thorpe-Hesley – Church records ( 2 )
England, Yorkshire, Thorpe Hesley, parish registers, 1839-1941
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Thorpe-Hesley (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute

Parish registers for Thorpe-Hesley, 1839-1915
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Thorpe-Hesley (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Rotherham
  • Probate Court:    Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese:    York
  • Rural Deanery:    Doncaster
  • Poor Law Union:    Rotherham
  • Hundred:    Strafforth and Tickhill
  • Province:    York