Parish Records General Info
Family History for Beginners
Detailed introduction on how to search
Parish Records and historical
information including; Hardwicke's Act, Rose's Act and Toleration Act. By
kind permission of John Marsden.
Historical Facts
Information on
Sheffield Churches since the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Sheffield City Council -
Parish Registers
Information on the history of the Sheffield Parish Registers. See also the
Sheffield City Council
Family History Guides for
Parish Registers in the Archdeaconry of
Sheffield.
Time Line of Marriages
Sheffield District Family
History Society Time Line of marriages in Sheffield by
Church oldest to more recent. See also
Sheffield Parish Churches
list and photos of the Parish
Churches of Sheffield.
Sheffield & Area Genealogy Sites
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Sheffield Indexers collection of links to more family history websites for
villages surrounding Sheffield.
Parish Registers History
Thomas Cromwell ordered that
Parish Registers be kept from 1538 to record baptisms,
marriages and burials.
Originally the parish registers were written on paper but, in 1598,
parchment
registers were introduced.
Historical Acts of Parliament
Very interesting website for
transcripts of Various Acts of Parliament of Interest to the Genealogist by
Guy Etchells including; He is a Bastard that is born before the Marriage of
his Parents (1235), an Act for the better preventing of clandestine
Marriages (1753 Lord Hardwicke’s Act), an Act for granting to his Majesty a
Stamp-duty on the Registry of Burials, Marriages, Births, and Christenings
(1783), an Act for better regulating and preserving Parish and other
Registers of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials in England (28th June
1812 Rose’s Act) and much more!
Banns of Marriage
Similar to the Roman Catholic
Church and according the rites of the Church of England (Marriage Act 1984):
(1) Banns shall be published on three Sundays preceding the solemnization of
the marriage at the time of divine service. (2) Banns shall be published in
an audible manner and in accordance with one of the following forms of
words: "I publish the banns of marriage between A.B. of (town) and C.D. of
(town). If any of you know any cause or just impediment why these two
persons should not be joined together in holy matrimony, ye are to declare
it. This is the first [second or third] time of asking."
Divorce Records England & Wales
Divorce records between 1858
and 1937 are held at the National Archives. The Divorce Registry is
now part of the Principal Registry of the Family Division. If you need legal
proof of a divorce in any court, from 1858 to the present day, the contact
address is; Principal Registry of the Family Division, Decree Absolute
Section, First Avenue House, 42-49 High, Holborn, London, WC1V 6NP.
Church of England - Anglican
Parish Church websites
including photos for the diocese of
Sheffield,
Wakefield,
Derby, Manchester, Southwell and more -
see map.
Catholic Church Local History
& Genealogy
Extensive list of links to the
Catholic Archdiocese, Diocese and more, for England and Wales.
Catholic Church in England &
Wales
The basic administrative unit
of the Catholic Church is the diocese - an area presided over by a bishop,
sometimes with auxiliary bishops to help him. There are 22 dioceses in
England and Wales. These are divided into parishes, the local communities of
Catholics. See also the list of links to the
Diocese of Hallam including; Sheffield
North, Sheffield East, Barnsley, Bassetlaw, Chesterfield, Doncaster and
Rotherham.
Sheffield Parish Records
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Baptism Records
Sheffield Indexers online searchable baptism database
for Christ Church (Fulwood), Christ Church (Pitsmoor), Church
of the Ascension (Oughtibridge), Emmanuel Church (Attercliffe), Military Chapel (Hillsborough
Barricks), St James Church (Midhope), St James Church (Norton), St John the Baptist Church (Owlerton),
St Leonard's Church (Wortley), St Michael & All Angel (Neepsend), St Philip's (Shalesmoor) St Simon's (Sheffield Center), St Thomas (Brightside), Wadsley Church (Sheffield) and Strays - transcription and indexing
ongoing.
Marriage Records
Sheffield Indexers online searchable marriage database
for
Parish Church Cathedral Banns
(Sheffield), St James Church (Norton), St John the Baptist Church (Owlerton),
St Leonard's Church (Wortley), St Philip's (Shalesmoor) and Strays - transcription and indexing
ongoing.
BMD Certificate Index
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If you
have a lot of Birth, Marriage or Death Certificates and are wondering what to
do with them, why not index them where they can be seen by your potential
Rellies.
C of E Baptism & Marriage
Records
List of local Church of England Parish Churches and the location of their Baptism and Marriage Records for Sheffield,
Abbeydale, Anston, Arbourthorne, Aston Cum Aughton, Attercliffe, Barnsley (Gawber), Beighton,
Bolsterstone, Bolton On Dearne, Bradfield, Bramley, Brightside, Brightstide,
Carbrook, Chapeltown, Clifton (Rotherham), Cookes, Crookes, Crookesmoor,
Crosspool, Darnall, Dinnington, Eastwood (Rotherham), Ecclesall,
Ecclesfield, Elsecar, Endcliffe, Firvale, Fulwood, Gleadless, Greasborough,
Hackenthorpe, Handsworth, Harthill, Heeley, Herringthorpe, Highfield,
Hillsborough & Wadsley Bridge, Hooton Roberts, Hoyland, Kimberworth,
Laughton En Le Morthern, Maltby, Manor, Masbrough, Neepsend, Northfield (Rotherham),
Norton, Norton Lees, Norton Woodseats, Owlerton, Park, Parkgate, Parson
Cross, Pitsmoor, Ranmoor (Sheffield), Ravenfield, Rawmarsh, Rotherham,
Sharrow, Shiregreen, Stannington, Tankersley, Thorpe Hesley, Thorpe Salvin,
Throapham, Thrybergh, Thurgoland, Tinsley, Todwick, Totley, Treeton, Ulley,
Wadsley, Wales, Walkley, Whiston, Wickersley, Wincobank, Woodhouse,
Worsbrough, Worsbrough Bridge, Worsbrough Dale and Wortley.
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Non-Conformist Baptism &
Marriage Records
List of local Non-Conformist Churches
and the location of their Baptism and Marriage Records for Abbeydale (Cong),
Andover St. Chapel Burngreave, Attercliffe Road Wesleyan, Ben Lane Wadsley,
Bethel Chapel Woodhouse, Bethel Church Beighton, Blackburn Chapel Wincobank,
Bow St Chapel Sheffield, Broadfield Rd (Meth) Sheffield, Brunswick Chapel
South St Sheffield,
Brunswick Rd Sheffield, Bull House Chapel Penistone, Carbrook Chapel, Carver
St Sheffield, Carver St (Wes) Sheffield, Cemetery Rd (Cong) Sheffield,
Coleford/Industry Rd Darnall, Congregational Maltby 1, Congregational Maltby
2, Dearne St Brightside, Ebenezer Chapel Sheffield, Ebenezer Reform Chapel
Carbrook, Ellesmere Rd Burngreave, Firmont/Cundy St Walkley, Frederick St
Darnall, Garden St Indep Sheffield, Hartshead Quaker Sheffield, Harvest Lane
Mission Burngreave, Howard St Sheffield, Howard St Chapel Walkley, Howard St
Ind Sheffield, Independent Masbrough, Independent Woodhouse, Independent & Congregational Loxley, Independent Chapel Rotherham, Intake,
Jenkin Rd Brightside, John St (PM) Sheffield, Lee Croft Ind Sheffield,
Methodist Chapel Birley Carr, Methodist Chapel Bradway, Methodist Hoyland,
Methodist Marsh Lane, Methodist Owlerton, Methodist Church Park, Methodist
Penistone, Millhouses Lane (Meth) Sheffield, Montgomery Chapel Nether Edge,
Mount Tabor Chapel Parsons Cross, Mount Zion Chapel Birley Carr, Mount Zion
Ind. Sheffield, Nether Chapel Sheffield, New Connection Chapel Rotherham,
Norfolk St Brunswick Park, Old Chapel Congregational Fulwood, Petre St
Burngreave, Princess St Attercliffe, Pye Bank Chapel Pitsmoor, Quaker Balby,
Queen St Sheffield, Scotland St (UM) Sheffield, Scotland St Sheffield, Soc
of Friends Sheffield, Sothall Chapel Beighton, South St Sheffield, Southey
Chapel, Spa View Rd, Hackenthorpe, St Andrew's Heeley (PM) Sheffield, St
Catherine Attercliffe, St Catherine of Alexandria Burngreave, St Marie
Cathedral Sheffield, St Vincent De Paul Sheffield, St Marks Chapel Malin
Bridge, St Williams Lee Croft Sheffield, Surrey St Sheffield, Surrey St (Meth)
Sheffield, Thirlwell Rd (Wes) Sheffield, Trinity Chapel Ecclesfield, Trinity
Church Hillsborough, Underbank Chapel Ind Stannington, Unitarian Chapel
Stannington, Unitarian Chapel Rotherham, Upper Chapel
Sheffield, Wesley College Chapel Crooks Sheffield, Wesleyan Chapel
Handsworth, Wesleyan Hillsborough, Wesleyan Normanton Spring, Wesleyan
Oughtibridge, Wesleyan Owlerton, Wesleyan Rotherham, West St. Chapel
Beighton, Weston Rd Crookesmoor, Wingfield, Worsbrough Dale, Zion Chapel
Oughtbridge and Zion Congregational Attercliffe.
Family Search - International Genealogical Index
(IGI)
LDS searchable online
databases including; Births, Christenings, Marriages and a few Burials
covering many places around the world.
Yorkshire BMD
The Register Offices
in the county of Yorkshire, England, hold records of Local births, marriages
and deaths back to the start of civil registration in 1837.
Parish Register LookUp Exchange
This website has been set-up
with the aim of bringing together all family history fanatics who own copies
of Parish Registers, Monumental Inscriptions or any other research resources
which may be useful to others, and are happy to share the information with
other genealogists. Includes; A-Z County Parish Registers for the UK
where available, Monumental Inscriptions, Census and Other Resources.
FreeREG Search UK Parish Registers
Free Internet searches of
baptism, marriage, and burial records transcribed from parish and
non-conformist registers of the U.K. FreeREG is a companion project to
FreeBMD (a database of the GRO birth, marriage and death indexes from 1837)
and FreeCEN (a database of census information).
Sheffield Anglican Clergy Records
Searchable online record
database for Sheffield Anglican Clergy including records from;
Odom, William (1917) Fifty Years of Sheffield Church Life
1866-1916; Odom William (1922) Memorials of Sheffield: Its Cathedral and Parish
Churches; Sheffield Local Register; White’s 1919/20 Directory of Sheffield and
Sheffield Diocesan Calendar 1934. Courtesy of Hugh Waterhouse.
Clergy of the Church of England Database
Searchable online record
database of appointments and postings for curates, priests, bishops and other
clergy.
Parishes & Cemetery Maps
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Sheffield Parish Maps
Old Parish maps of Sheffield and Sheffield North.
Cemetery Maps
Local maps and photos of Sheffield
Cemeteries and Churches including; Abbey Lane, Attercliffe (Hill Top,
Municipal), Burncross, Burngreave, Sheffield Cathedral, Christ Church (Attercliffe),
City Road, Crookes, Crookes Congregational, Darnall, Ecclesall, Ecclesfield,
General, Handsworth, Intake, Loxley, St John the Baptist, St John's (Park), St Mary's (Walkley), St Michael's,
St Thomas, St Timothy's, Stocksbridge, Tinsley Park Cemetery, Wadsley, Wardsend and Woodhouse.
Sheffield & Derbyshire Historical Maps
Gleadless.net website with
fantastic historical parish maps, ordnance surveys, photos and street
indexes of Sheffield, surrounding villages and Derbyshire. Including;
1626 Derbyshire,
1736 Sheffield Street Map,
1771 Sheffield Town Plan,
1736 Plan of Sheffield,
1823 Plan of Sheffield,
1832 Parish Map of Sheffield,
1890 Sheffield Street Map and
much more!
Street
Index, Maps, Boundaries
Sheffield Indexers collection
of links to maps, street indexes, surveys, regional and city boundaries and
more.
Church of England - Anglican
Current Parish Church websites
including diocese of
Sheffield,
Wakefield,
Derby and more -
see Diocese map of England & Wales.
Catholic Church in England &
Wales
The basic administrative unit
of the Catholic Church is the diocese - an area presided over by a bishop,
sometimes with auxiliary bishops to help him. There are currently 22 dioceses in
England and Wales. These are divided into parishes, the local communities of
Catholics. See also the list of links to the
Diocese of Hallam including; Sheffield
North, Sheffield East, Barnsley, Bassetlaw, Chesterfield, Doncaster and
Rotherham.
A Church Near You
Website with online searchable database for
current Churches in England, Dioceses, Churches in Continental Europe,
Services and Events, Features and Facilities. It will also draw the
current boundaries of that parish on the map - in progress.
Registration Districts in West
Yorkshire (Genuki)
Civil
registration districts in the
West Riding of the
county of York (Yorkshire) between 1st July 1837 and 31st March 1974. The same
districts were used to compile the censuses returns for the years 1851, 1861,
1871, 1881, 1891, 1901. See also the
registration district of
Sheffield.
Church Photos & Plans
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Sheffield Parish Churches
List and photos of the Parish
Churches of Sheffield by the Sheffield Family History Society. See
also
Time Line of Marriages in Sheffield by
Church oldest to more recent.
Church Photos
Local maps and photos of Sheffield
Cemeteries and Churches including; Abbey Lane, Attercliffe (Hill Top,
Municipal), Burncross, Burngreave, Sheffield Cathedral, Christ Church (Attercliffe),
City Road, Crookes, Crookes Congregational, Darnall, Ecclesall, Ecclesfield,
General, Handsworth, Loxley, St John the Baptist, St John's (Park), St Mary's (Walkley), St Michael's,
St Thomas, St Timothy's, Stocksbridge, Tinsley Park Cemetery, Wadsley, Wardsend and Woodhouse.
A Church Near You
Website with online searchable database for
current Churches in England, Dioceses, Churches in Continental Europe,
Services and Events, Features and Facilities. It will also draw the current
boundaries of that parish on the map - in progress.
Churches of Britain & Ireland - Sheffield
Their ultimate aim is to
have at least one photo of every existing church in England, Ireland,
Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, and where
possible, photos or artwork of churches no longer in existence.
See also list of
Churches for South Yorkshire.
Church of England - Sheffield
Parish Church websites
including photos for the diocese of
Sheffield,
Wakefield,
Derby and more in England & Wales -
see map.
360° Views
Views of South
Yorkshire places of worship including;
St George (Doncaster),
Sheffield Cathedral
and
St Nicholas's Church
(Bradfield).
Sheffield Cathedral
The Cathedral building
is a testament to the people who have been worshipping on this spot for over
1000 years. See also
more information.
Cathedral Church of St Marie
The Roman Catholic
Cathedral in Sheffield. See also
more information.
St Mark's Church
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In 1871 the Victorian church
of St Mark, Broomhill, Sheffield, was consecrated. The church was large,
modelled on 14th century gothic design and could seat 950 people. The church
perished in a fire caused by incendiary bombs dropped on the night of 12
December 1940. Only the tower and the spire remained in reasonable
condition.
St Paul's Church of 1720 (now
demolished)
In 1938 St Paul's
Church was demolished to make way for an extension to the
Sheffield Town Hall.
The extension was never built, and the site subsequently became the
Peace Gardens.
The design of the town hall echoed to a certain extent the architecture of
the adjacent St. Paul's Church.
Beauchief Abbey
The abbey was
founded in 1176 or 1183 (sources differ) by
Robert FitzRanult de Alfreton and dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint Thomas
Becket.
Church Plans Online - Yorkshire
The Incorporated Church
Building Society archive includes over 15,000 files relating to applications
by parishes for grants from the Society. The earliest file is dated 1818 and
the latest 1982.
Sheffield Indexers Links
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