Tinsley Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Tinsley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1718 from a chapelry in Rotherham Ancient Parish, located on Bawtry Road.

Alternative names: Rotherham St Lawrence, Bawtry Road

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1711
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1712

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TINSLEY, a township-chapelry in Rotherham parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles SW by S of Rotherham r. station. Post town, Rotherham.

Acres, 1,623. Real property, £10,883; of which £6,310 are in mines. Pop., 697. Houses, 125. The manor belongs to Earl Fitz-william. Coal is largely worked; and there are steel rolling-mills.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £124. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church is old, and was enlarged in 1838.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Tinsley – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Tinsley, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Tinsley – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Tinsley, 1712-1856
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Tinsley (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Tinsley, parish registers, 1711-1967
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Tinsley (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute

Marriage records, 1713-1837
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Tinsley (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Tinsley – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Tinsley, Yorks., Eng

England, Yorkshire, Tinsley – Directories ( 1 )
Wincobank & Meadowhall, 1902
Author:    Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

England, Yorkshire, Tinsley – Maps ( 2 )
Templeborough & Tinsley, 1921
Author:    Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

Wincobank & Meadowhall, 1902
Author:    Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

England, Yorkshire, Tinsley – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Rate books, assessments for the relief of the poor…and other purposes, 1881-1894
Author:    Tinsley (Yorkshire)

Valuation list, 1899
Author:    Tinsley (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Tinsley – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers for Tinsley, 1916-1931
Author:    Tinsley Council School (Tinsley, Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Tinsley – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Tinsley township, 1781-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments, 1836-1899
Author:    Tinsley (Yorkshire)

Valuation list, 1899
Author:    Tinsley (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