Woolley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1721 from a chapelry in Royston Ancient Parish.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1651
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist Reform
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WOOLLEY, a chapelry, with a village, in Roystone parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 1¾ mile ENE of Haigh r. station, and 5½ S by W of Wakefield. It has a post-office under Wakefield. Acres, 2,569. Real property, £5,053; of which £1,161 are in mines. Pop., 531. Houses, 108. W. Park is the seat of G. Wentworth, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £200. Patron, G. Wentworth, Esq. The church is later English. There are an endowed school with £18 a year, and charities £9.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Yorkshire, Woolley – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Woolley, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Yorkshire, Woolley – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Woolley, 1600-1866
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Woolley (Yorkshire)
Parish register transcripts, 1601-1898
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Woolley (Yorkshire)
Parish registers for Woolley, 1651-1954
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Woolley (Yorkshire)
The parish registers of Woolley (West Riding) : baptisms 1600-1837, marriages 1600-1837, banns (only) 1755-1808, burials 1600-1837
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Woolley (Yorkshire); Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Parish Register Section; Lonsdale, A. M.
England, Yorkshire, Woolley – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Woolley, Yorkshire, England
St. Peter’s Church, Woolley, baptisms, 1867-1905
Author: Banks, Allen; Smith, Joan P.; Church of England. Chapelry of Woolley (Yorkshire); Wakefield and District Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Woolley – History ( 1 )
Woolley Hall : the historical development of a country house
Author: Markham, Geoffrey
England, Yorkshire, Woolley – Land and property ( 1 )
Parish registers for Woolley, 1651-1954
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Woolley (Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Woolley – Manors ( 1 )
Woolley Hall : the historical development of a country house
Author: Markham, Geoffrey
England, Yorkshire, Woolley – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Woolley, 1782-1830
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Barnsley
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: Doncaster
- Poor Law Union: Barnsley
- Hundred: Staincross
- Province: York
