Upperthong Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Upperthong is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1846 from Almondbury Ancient Parish. 

Other places in the parish include: Thongs Bridge. 

Alternative names: Kirkburton St John the Evangelist, Upper Thong, Upperthong with Holmfirth

Riding: West Riding

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1846
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1848

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THONG (Upper), a township-chapelry in Almondbury parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 6 miles S by W of Huddersfield.

It contains part of Holmfirth, which has a post-office under Huddersfield, and a r. station. Acres, 710. Real property, £7,977; of which £414 are in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 2,463; in 1861, 2,690. Houses, 543. There are many genteel residences.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £162. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church was built in 1847.

There are three dissenting chapels.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Yorkshire, Upperthong – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Upperthong, 1848-1859
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Upperthong (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Upperthong, 1846-1974
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Upperthong (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Upperthong – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1745-1843
Author:    Upperthong (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Upperthong – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Upperthong township, 1781-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Poor law records, 1745-1843
Author:    Upperthong (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Huddersfield
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
  • Rural Deanery: Pontefract
  • Poor Law Union: Huddersfield
  • Hundred: Agbrigg
  • Province: York