Place:Rashcliffe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameRashcliffe
TypeChapelry
Coordinates53.638°N 1.786°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
West Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoAlmondbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandparish in which it was a chapelry
Agbrigg and Morley Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandearly county division in which it was situated.
Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandborough into which it was absorbed in 1924
Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Englandmunicipal district covering the area since 1974

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Rashcliffe from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"RASHCLIFFE, a chapelry in Almondbury parish, [West Riding of] Yorkshire; near Huddersfield [railway] station. It was constituted in 1864; and its post town is Huddersfield. Population: 4,140. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value: £150. Patron: the Incumbent of Lockwood. The church was built in 1864, at a cost of £2,300; is in the decorated English style and cruciform; and has a S W tower and spire."
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Newsome is a ward of Huddersfield in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It contains over 430 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, 16 are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The ward is large, and contains the centre of the town of Huddersfield, and areas to the west and south including the areas of Almondbury, Armitage Bridge, Lockwood, Moldgreen, Newsome, and Rashcliffe

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.
This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Listed buildings in Huddersfield (Newsome Ward - outer areas). The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.