Place:Fulstone, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameFulstone
Alt namesFulstonesource: from redirect
Foolstonesource: early name of the parish
TypeCivil parish, Urban district
Coordinates53.582°N 1.739°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
West Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoKirkburton, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandevangelical or ancient parish to which it belonged
New Mill, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandurban district which replaced Fulstone in 1895
Holmfirth, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandurban district into which New Mill was absorbed in 1938
Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Englandmetropolitan district which has covered the area since 1974

The following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portmouth Department of Geography).

"FOOLSTONE, or Fulstone, a township in Kirkburton parish, [West Riding of] Yorkshire; 5½ miles SSE of Huddersfield. It includes part of Newmill village and part of Scholes hamlet. Acres: 1,200. Real property: £5,273; of which £323 are in mines and £74 in quarries. Population: 2,414. Houses: 455. See Newmill."

As well as mining, there was also a wool weaving industry which employed many local people.

the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Fulstone was a village that was made an urban district in 1894 (the year that urban districts were first formed). It was very short-lived and was absorbed by the neighbouring New Mill Urban District in 1895.

New Mill urban district was abolished in 1938 by a County Review Order which saw the district and parishes merged into the urban district and parish of Holmfirth, which has been since included in Kirklees, West Yorkshire and renamed Holme Valley.

Research Tips

  • 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.
  • 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.
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