Dobcross, Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Dobcross is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1797 from Rochdale Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Dobcross and Lydgate, Rochdale Holy Trinity, Dobcross Delph

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1787
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Dobcross Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Dobcross. The index includes information from An Index to the Wills and Administrations (including the “Infra” Wills) now preserved in the Probate Registry at Chester for the years 1801-1810 Part 1 A to L.

An Index to the Wills and Administrations Preserved in the Probate Registry at Chester 1801-1810 Part 1 A to L.

The following names have been extracted from the book An Index to the Wills and Administrations (including the “Infra” Wills) now preserved in the Probate Registry at Chester for the years 1801-1810 Part 1 A to L.

The “Infra” Wills are in italics. A.W. signifies an Administration with the Will annexed. A.W.C. signifies an Administration with the Will and Codicil annexed. C. signifies Will and Codicil. C.C. signifies Will and two Codicils, and so on. T. or Tuit. signifies Tuition. “P.R. 1866” signifies that a subsequent grant was made in 1866 (or whatever date is given) out of the Principal Registry at Somerset House after the Will had been originally proved in the Consistory Court at Chester. “D.R. 1866” signifies that a subsequent grant was made in 1866 (or whatever date is given) out of the District Registry at Chester after the Will had been originally proved in the Consistory Court at Chester.

Broadbent, James, of Dobcross 5 Nov. 1805

Harrop, John, of Dobcross, gentleman 30 Oct. 1806

Harrop, Joseph, of Dobcross in Saddleworth 25 Jun. 1808

Heginbottom, Samuel, of Dobcross in Saddleworth C. 27 Sep. 1804

Howard, Sarah, of Dobcross in Saddleworth, widow 8 Mar. 1808

Kenworthy, James, of Dobcross, p. of Saddleworth, clothier 30 Oct. 1802

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DOBCROSS, a village and a chapelry in Saddleworth-with-Quick township, Rochdale parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands adjacent to the Huddersfield canal and the Sheffield and Manchester railway, near Saddleworth r. station, and 6½ miles NE of Ashton-under-Lyne; and has a post office under Manchester, and a banking office. Markets are held on Wednesdays; and fairs on the second Thursday of March and the last Thursday of July.

The chapelry was constituted in 1844. Pop., 1,972. Houses, 418. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £200. Patron, the Vicar of Rochdale. The church is plain.

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

Historical Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Saddleworth
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Manchester
  • Rural Deanery: Ashton Under Lyne
  • Poor Law Union: Rochdale
  • Hundred: Agbrigg
  • Province: York