Wentworth is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1718 from a chapelry in Wath upon Dearne Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Hood Hill, Barrow, and Barley Hall.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1654
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WENTWORTH, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Wath-upon-Dearne parish, W. R. Yorkshire.
The village stands 2 miles ENE of Chapeltown r. station, and 4¾ NW of Rotherham; is a pretty place; and has a post-office under Rotherham, and a neat mechanics’ institution, with a good library.
The township includes three hamlets and a part, and comprises 2,308 acres. Real property, £4,681. Pop. in 1851, 1,556; in 1861, 1,650. Houses, 333.
The manor, with W. House, belongs to Earl Fitzwilliam. W. House was built by the first Marquis of Rockingham; has a principal front, of centre and two wings, upwards of 600 feet long; is adorned, at the centre, with a magnificent hexastyle Corinthian portico; includes a gallery 130 feet long, and a hall 60 feet by 40; contains a rich collection of paintings and other works of art; and stands in beautiful grounds of more than 1,500 acres, containing a splendid Grecian mausoleum to the Marquis of Rockingham, in three stories, terminating in a cupola, and 90 feet high.
The chapelry is less extensive than the township. Pop., 1,273. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £125. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church is ancient. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school, and alms-house hospitals for 12 persons.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Yorkshire, Wentworth – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Inscriptions in Old Churchyard, Wentworth, Yorkshire, ca. 1650-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wentworth (Yorkshire)
Monumental inscriptions, Wentworth, Yorkshire, England
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. British Mission. Genealogical Board
Wentworth Holy Trinity parish records and much more
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Wentworth – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Wentworth, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Yorkshire, Wentworth – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wentworth, 1604-1856
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wentworth (Yorkshire)
Churchwarden rates and accounts, overseers of the poor, apprenticeship, bastary, removal, settlement, and constables records
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wentworth (Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Wentworth, parish registers, 1654-1939
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wentworth (Yorkshire); Doncaster Council Archives (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute
Parish register transcripts, 1654-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wentworth (Yorkshire)
Parish register transcripts, 1654-1913
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wentworth (Yorkshire)
Parish registers for Wentworth, 1654-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wentworth (Yorkshire)
Wentworth Holy Trinity parish records and much more
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Wentworth – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Wentworth, Yorks., Eng
England, Yorkshire, Wentworth – Directories ( 1 )
Wentworth Holy Trinity parish records and much more
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Wentworth – Genealogy ( 1 )
Pedigree of Hoyland of Hemingfield of Brierley Co., York : and pedigree of Hoyland of Barley Hole, Chapelry of Wentworth, par. of Wath-on-Deane in the county of York
England, Yorkshire, Wentworth – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwarden rates and accounts, overseers of the poor, apprenticeship, bastary, removal, settlement, and constables records
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wentworth (Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Wentworth – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Wentworth township, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments, 1836-1899
Author: Wentworth (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
