England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe city of Wakefield lies in the West Riding of Yorkshire about 7 miles south of the vast conurbation of Leeds and 30 miles west of Yorkshire's capital of York. Wakefield is located where the A61 road heading from Leeds to Barnsley crosses the River Calder, the town is also the meeting point of roads from many other directions converging on the Calder crossing point. It was this crossing which led to Wakefield's early development from small village to regional market. The town became associated with production of drapery and was the principal centre for the Yorkshire clothing trade prior to the development of Bradford & Leeds. As that trade fell back, mining of the local coal became a staple of the town albeit Wakefield never showed the super-growth of many of the West Yorkshire towns following the industrial revolution. Today Wakefield is a city, albeit not trumpeted so as it is by some places, which remains an important market and shopping centre for its region. Wakefield is surrounded by and passed through by many modern communications, the Calder & Hebble navigation from the canal era, the rail line from London to Leeds and the modern motorways of the M1 and M62 all pass through or close by the town making it an attractive place to live or from where to commute. The Calder drains Wakefield to the east, quickly joining the Aire at Castleford and making its way to the North Sea through the Humber Estuary. Wakefield is sited at around 40 metres above the sea and its valley setting means land is of a similar height for some distance only gently rolling to local heights of 70-80 metres or so within a few miles of the city. Wakefield parish, which includes the chapelries of Stanley & Horbury which being licensed for marriage have their own pages, as well as that of St John which was completed and licensed from 1795, is extensive and typically large northern parish covering just over 9,300 acres and supporting a population in the region of 25,000 parishioners. In Domesday times Wakefield was a relatively small place, held directly by the King, himself, it could offer just 13 ploughs as well as a small woodland. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 |
13th December 1795 - 30th December 1812 |
West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference -
WDP45/1/3/1 |
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 |
2 | 3rd January 1813 - 4th May 1818 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP45/1/3/2 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of
misreads |
None |
3 | 4th May 1818 -22nd October 1823 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP45/1/3/3 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of
misreads |
None |
4 | 23rd October 1823 -5th April 1831 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP45/1/3/4 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of
misreads |
None |
5 | 10th April 1831 - 29th June 1837 | West Yorkshire Archive Service - Wakefield - Reference - WDP45/1/3/5 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of
misreads |
None |
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Ardsley St Michael
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Normanton
All Saints
Warmfield St Peter |
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Warmfield
St Peter
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