Wortley near Leeds Yorkshire Family History Guide

Wortley (near Leeds) is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1814 from a chapelry in Leeds St Peter Ancient Parish, located on Dixon Lane.

Other places in the parish include: Upper Wortley, Silver Royd Hill, Lower Wortley, and Greenside.

Alternative names: Leeds St John the Evangelist, Dixon Lane

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1813
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include: 

Adjacent Parishes

• New Wortley
• Farnley
• Armley
• Beeston

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WORTLEY, a large village, a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in Hunslet district, W.-R. Yorkshire.

The village stands on the Leeds and Bradford and the Leeds and Dewsbury railways, 2 miles SW by W of Leeds; and has a post-office under Leeds, and two r. stations.

The township includes Lower W., Upper W., Greenside, and Silver-Royd-Hill; and is in Leeds parish and borough. Acres, 1,036. Real property, £23,043. Pop. in 1851, 7,896; in 1861, 12,058. Houses, 2,649. The increase of pop. arose mainly from proximity to Leeds, the abolition of a pontage, and facility of railway communication. The manufacture of woollen fabrics, and of sanitary tubes and fire-bricks is largely carried on.

There are two churches, four dissenting chapels, an endowed school with £40 a year, and a national school.

The chapelry excludes the New Wortley part of the township. Pop., 4,724. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £147. Patrons, Trustees. The church was originally a dissenting chapel, built in 1787; and became connected with the Establishment in 1813.

The sub-district includes Farnley, Armley, and Gildersome townships; and comprises 5,053 acres. Pop., 24,557. Houses, 5,317.

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

Parish Records

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England, Yorkshire, Wortley-de-Leeds

England, Yorkshire, Wortley (near Leeds) – Cemeteries ( 5 )
Cemetery registers of Upper and Lower Wortley Cemetery, 1865-1999
Author:    Upper and Lower Wortley Cemetery (Wortley, Yorkshire)

The Grave book : original of St. John’s Evangelist, Wortley, Leeds
Author:    Church of England. St. John’s Evangelist Church (Wortley, Yorkshire)

Leeds and district burials : records, inscriptions & plans
Author:    Leeds Burial Project

Monumental inscriptions, New Wortley Cemetery, Yorkshire,England, about 1700-1950

Monumental inscriptions, Wortley (near Leeds), York, England, 1800-1950

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

England, Yorkshire, Wortley (near Leeds) – Church records ( 3 )
Births and baptisms of Wortley, Wesleyan Church, 1819-1837
Author:    Wesleyan Church (Wortley, England)

Bishop’s transcripts for Wortley, near Leeds, 1813-1845
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Wortley (near Leeds, Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Wortley-de-Leeds, 1879-1890
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Wortley-de-Leeds (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Wortley (near Leeds) – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Wortley by Leeds, Wesleyan, Yorks., Eng

Computer printout of Wortley by Leeds, Yorks., Eng

Parish register printouts of Wortley (near Leeds), Yorkshire, England (Wesleyan) ; christenings, 1813-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Yorkshire, Wortley (near Leeds) – History ( 1 )
Wortley-de-Leeds : history of an ancient township
Author:    Benn, William

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:    Carlton Gilbert Union
• Hundred:    Leeds Borough
• Province:    York