Whitkirk is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Winmoor, Whitkirk Lane End, Whitbridge, Thorpe Stapleton, Thorp Stapleton, Thornes, Templenewsham, Templenewsam, Temple Newsam, Skelton, Osmondthorpe, Newsham, Newsam Green, Little Manston, Halton, Great Manston, Colton, Coldcotes, Barrowby, and Austhorpe.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1603
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WHITKIRK, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Hunslet district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands ½ mile SE of Crossgates r. station, and 4 E of Leeds; and is ancient and interesting.
The parish contains Austhorpe and Thorp-Stapleton townships, and chief parts of Seacroft and Templenewsam townships; includes 8 villages or hamlets; and has a post-office of Seacroft, and other post-offices, under Leeds. Acres, 5,930. Rated property, £9,141. Pop. in 1851, 2,794; in 1861, 3,032. Houses, 639. The property is much subdivided. W. Manor House, Manston Hall, Manston Lodge, Seacroft Grange, Seacroft Hall, Killingbeck Hall, Killingbeck Lodge, Austhorpe Hall, Austhorpe Lodge, and Templenewsam House are chief residences. A preceptory of Knights-Templars was at Templenewsam.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £202. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is of the time of Henry VII., and was restored in 1856. The vicarage of Seacroft is a separate benefice. There are two Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and charities £84.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Whitkirk Parish Registers 1603 to 1700
Whitkirk Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Yorkshire, Whitkirk – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Cemetery registers of Whitkirk Cemetery, 1881-1991
Author: Whitkirk Cemetery (Whitkirk, Yorkshire)
Leeds and district burials : records, inscriptions & plans
Author: Leeds Burial Project
England, Yorkshire, Whitkirk – Census ( 4 )
Census returns for Seacroft, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
Census returns for Templenewsam, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
Census returns for Thorpe Stapleton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
Census returns for Whitkirk, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Yorkshire, Whitkirk – Church history ( 3 )
A history of the parish church of St. Mary, Whitkirk, Leeds
Author: Kirk, George E.
Leeds and the Oxford movement : a study of “High Church” activity in the rural Deaneries of Allerton, Armley, Headingley and Whitkirk in the diocese of Ripon, 1836-1934
Author: Yates, Nigel
Records of the parish of Whitkirk
Author: Platt, George Moreton; Morkill, John William
England, Yorkshire, Whitkirk – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Seacroft, 1846-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Seacroft (Yorkshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Whitkirk, 1600-1901
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitkirk (Yorkshire)
Parish register transcripts, 1603-1700
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitkirk (Yorkshire)
Parish register transcripts, 1701-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitkirk (Yorkshire)
Records of the parish of Whitkirk
Author: Platt, George Moreton; Morkill, John William
Whitkirk parish registers (West Riding) : baptisms 1600-1837, marriages 1600-1837, burials 1600-1837
Author: Yorkshire Parish Register Society
England, Yorkshire, Whitkirk – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Whitkirk, Yorkshire, England
England, Yorkshire, Whitkirk – Genealogy ( 1 )
Templenewsam collection, 1600-1800
England, Yorkshire, Whitkirk – History ( 1 )
Records of the parish of Whitkirk
Author: Platt, George Moreton; Morkill, John William
England, Yorkshire, Whitkirk – Taxation ( 4 )
Land tax assessments for Austhorpe township, 1753, 1782-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments for Seacroft township, 1753, 1782-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments for Templenewsam township, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments for Thorpe-Stapleton township, 1801-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Yorkshire Historical Directories
Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Hunslet
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
- Rural Deanery: Pontefract
- Poor Law Union: Leeds Guardians
- Hundred: Skyrack
- Province: York
