England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Huddersfield lies in southwestern Yorkshire towards the west of the West Riding and forming part of the border with neighbouring Lancashire. Huddersfield is located about 18 miles southwest of the city of Leeds, a little over 23 miles northeast of Manchester and roughly 8 miles south of Halifax and sits on the edges of rising ground as the land swells into the Pennine Hills. Huddersfield sits on numerous significant road among the most notable being the A62, trans-Pennine, road which runs between Leeds & Manchester. Huddersfield grew from a relatively small market town of around 5,000 inhabitants into a major industrial centre growing to reach 70,000 by the census of 1871, this growth is reflected in this transcript by the swelling volume of marriages. Huddersfield built its trade on wool, the nearby Pennine provided the sheep and the fast flowing streams which run off it both the soft water and also the power to speed the industrial process. The vast majority of the grooms in this transcript, where an occupation was stated in the original, were involved in one form or another with the production of wool and woollen garments. Other activities in the parish included some coal mining, mineral extraction and farming both pastoral of the sheep but also a degree of arable. Modern developments hastened Huddersfield's growth, a network of canals connecting the town with both east and west coast ports as well as the other important regional centres of manufacture. With the coming of the railways Huddersfield further benefited as lines were constructed to speed the delivery of manufactured goods. Today's modern developments namely the trans-Pennine M62 motorway added to the regions growth passing around 3 miles north of the town. In modern times the old industries have declined markedly with overseas producers undercutting the older mills and many have closed or been repurposed. Today Huddersfield is a part of the wider West Yorkshire metropolis, being almost contiguous with the other major centres across this Pennine slope. Huddersfield is drained northwards by the River Colne which soon joins the Calder and turns eastwards eventually joining the Aire and reaching the North Sea through the Humber Estuary. Huddersfield is sited, within its tight inner ring-road, at between 80 & 100 metres above the sea but land rises dramatically on to the Pennine westwards reaching over 400 metres within a few miles. Huddersfield parish covered an extremely large area and included numerous chapelries, most were not licensed for marriages during the period of this transcript with the exception of Slaithwaite. The parish encompassed just over 15,000 acres and towards the end of this transcription period supported a population of close to 38,000 parishioners. In Domesday times Huddersfield was mentioned as a property held by Ilbert de Lacy but was described as "waste" with room for a projected 8 ploughs. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 14th April 1754 - 7th February 1760 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/1 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 10th February 1760 - 8th April 1765 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/2 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
3 | 8th April 1765 - 15th February 1768 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/3 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
4 | 15th February 1768 - 20th January 1777 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/4 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
5 | 22nd January 1777 - 24th January 1785 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/5 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
6 | 27th January 1785 - 4th December 1791 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/6 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
7 | 4th December 1791 - 13th November 1796 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/7 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
8 | 17th November 1796 - 27th May 1801 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/8 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
9 | 4th June 1801 - 8th May 1809 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/9 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
10 | 9th May 1809 - 31st December 1812 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/10 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
11 | 3rd January 1813 - 27th October 1817 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/11 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
12 | 29th October 1817 - 2nd May 1822 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/12 | Nonstandard Rose style preprinted Marriage register, it is nonstandard by not being pre-stamped with its numbering that being left to the clerk to complete, the sequence continues onwards from the previous register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
13 | 5th May 1822 - 22nd January 1826 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/13 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
14 | 22nd January 1826 - 14th May 1830 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/14 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
15 | 14th May 1830 - 5th March 1834 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/15 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
16 | 6th March 1834 - 29th June 1837 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP32/1/3/16 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Halifax
St John
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Hartshead
St Peter
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Rochdale St
Chad, Lancashire
Saddleworth St Chad |
Kirkheaton
St John
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Rochdale
St Chad, Lancashire
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Almondbury
All Hallows
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Kirkheaton
St John
Almondbury All Hallows |
Yearly date links: 1754
1755 1756 1757 1758
1759 1760
1761 1762 1763 1764
1765 1766
1767 1768
1769 1770
1771 1772
1773 1774
1775 1776
1777 1778
1779 1780
1781 1782
1783 1784
1785 1786
1787 1788
1789 1790
1791 1792
1793 1794
1795 1796
1797 1798
1799 1800
1801 1802
1803 1804
1805 1806
1807 1808
1809 1810
1811 1812
1813 1814
1815 1816
1817 1818
1819 1820
1821 1822
1823 1824
1825 1826
1827 1828
1829 1830
1831 1832
1833 1834
1835 1836
1837
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