Place:Carlton in Wharfedale, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia Carlton in Wharfedale (#7 on the map) is now part of the civil parish of Bramhope and Carlton within the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It consists of the hamlets of East Carlton and West Carlton, and has a population of 169. Carlton is located immediately north of Leeds Bradford Airport. It borders Guiseley in the west, Otley, the parishes of Pool in Wharfedale (#23), and Bramhope (#6) on the north, and the village of Cookridge in the parish of Adel cum Eccup in the east (#1). The Leeds Bradford Airport Industrial Estate is situated in the southern part of the parish, on the eastern side of the A658 road which traverses the parish roughly from the southwest to the northeast. Carlton Moor lies north of East and West Carlton. end of Wikipedia contribution There is no mention of when the parish of Bramhope and Carlton was formed, but it is possible that the merger took place in 1937 when the parish of Guiseley became part of Aireborough Urban District. The following description from the GENUKI website taken from a gazetteer of 1822. "CARLTON, (East and West) in the parish of Guiseley, upper-division of Skyrack; 2 miles SE. of Otley, 8 from Bradford, 9 from Leeds. West Carlton is a single house 1.5 miles to the W. Pop[ulation]: 158."

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• British History Online (Victoria County Histories) do not cover the West Riding of Yorkshire
• GENUKI has a page on all three ridings of Yorkshire and pages for each of the ecclesiastical parishes in the county. Under each parish there is a list of the settlements within it and brief description of each. The list is based on a gazetteer dated 1835 and there may have been a number of alterations to the parish setup since then. However, it is worthwhile information for the pre civil registration era. GENUKI provides references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area. There is no guarantee that the website has been kept up to date and the submitter is very firm about his copyright. This should not stop anyone from reading the material.
• The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date from more recent data. The wiki has a link to English Jurisdictions 1851 which gives the registration district and wapentake for each parish, together with statistics from the 1851 census for the area.
• A Vision of Britain through Time, Yorkshire West Riding, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions. Descriptions provided are usually based on a gazetteer of 1870-72.

• Map of the West Riding divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
• Map of West Riding divisions in 1917 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time. In other counties, the map for 1900 has been used, but it is not coming up in Vision of Britain's list.
• Map of West Riding divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time

• The above three maps indicate the boundaries between parishes, etc., but for a more detailed view of a specific area try a map from this selection. The oldest series are very clear at the third magnification offered. Comparing the map details with the GENUKI details for the same area is well worthwhile.
• Yorkshire has a large number of family history and genealogical societies. A list of the societies will be found on the Yorkshire, England page.
• In March 2018 Ancestry announced that its file entitled "Yorkshire, England: Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1873" has been expanded to include another 94 parishes (across the three ridings) and expected it to be expanded further during the year. The entries are taken from previously printed parish registers.