Wakefield District Baptisms
- Transcription and conventions used
- Coverage
- Checking
- Grouping
- Abbreviations and codes
- Contact details
- How to buy
- Copyright
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Transcription and conventions used
This database includes information about 71,104 baptisms that took place in 18 churches in the Wakefield area of Yorkshire.
The following information is recorded for each baptism:
- Born Date of Birth, if given
- Baptised Date of Baptism
- Name of Child Forenames of person baptised
- Surname in capital letters
- Father Forenames of father
- Mother Forenames of mother
- Abode Residence at the time
- Occupation usually of the father
- Parish Church where baptism took place.
- Soc. Ref. Reference of Wakefield & D FHS Baptism Publication.
- Archive. Ref. Reference in Archives.
Coverage
The follow tables list the number of entries for each Church or Chapel and the range of years covered.
| Church | No. of entries | Year range |
|---|---|---|
| ALVERTHORPE ST PAULS | 1591 | 1825-1853 |
| HORBURY EBENEZER | 1168 | 1862-1905 |
| HORBURY ST PETERS | 4810 | 1813-1860 |
| NORMANTON ALL SAINTS | 1230 | 1679-1742 |
| OSSETT HOLY TRINITY | 5064 | 1792-1855 |
| OSSETT IND. CONG. | 2520 | 1746-1837 |
| OUTWOOD ST. MARY'S | 3193 | 1858-1887 |
| STANLEY ST PETERS | 1579 | 1824-1847 |
| THORNES CHRIST CHURCH | 3388 | 1876-1955 |
| THORNES ST JAMES | 6431 | 1831-1976 |
| THORNHILL ST MICHAELS | 15339 | 1812-1905 |
| WAKEFIELD ALL SAINTS | 15438 | 1748-1812 |
| WAKEFIELD CHANTRY CHAPEL | 138 | 1855-1870 |
| WAKEFIELD ST JOHNS | 3193 | 1795-1823 |
| WAKEFIELD WEST PARADE CHAPEL | 1947 | 1837-1899 |
| WAKEFIELD ZION CHAPEL | 1870 | 1782-1852 |
| WARMFIELD ST PETER | 1205 | 1758-1812 |
| WOOLLEY ST PETERS | 1000 | 1867-1905 |
| Total (18) | 71104 | 1679-1976 |
Checking.
This information has been fully checked.
Grouping.
There is no meaningful grouping within this database.
Abbreviations & Codes.
Wakefield has been abbreviated to 'Wkfd'. The Chapman County codes have been used. The code for the West Riding of Yorkshire is 'WRY'.
Contact details
For more information about the Wakefield and District Family History Society please see the web site www.wdfhs.co.uk
How to buy
The Wakefield and District FHS can provide these and other records as booklets and these can be purchased by mail order from the Society.
Copyright and disclaimer
© Trustees of the Wakefield and District Family History Society.
While every care has been taken in the preparation of the index users are advised to view the originals of the appropriate registers (or facsimiles thereof, e.g. microfilm) and to form their own interpretation. The Wakefield and District Family History Society accepts no liability for any errors or omissions that remain (although they would welcome notification of alternative interpretations of the registers.)
