Wakefield District Baptisms

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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.

ChurchNo. of entriesYear range
ALVERTHORPE ST PAULS15911825-1853
HORBURY EBENEZER11681862-1905
HORBURY ST PETERS48101813-1860
NORMANTON ALL SAINTS12301679-1742
OSSETT HOLY TRINITY50641792-1855
OSSETT IND. CONG.25201746-1837
OUTWOOD ST. MARY'S31931858-1887
STANLEY ST PETERS15791824-1847
THORNES CHRIST CHURCH33881876-1955
THORNES ST JAMES64311831-1976
THORNHILL ST MICHAELS153391812-1905
WAKEFIELD ALL SAINTS154381748-1812
WAKEFIELD CHANTRY CHAPEL1381855-1870
WAKEFIELD ST JOHNS31931795-1823
WAKEFIELD WEST PARADE CHAPEL19471837-1899
WAKEFIELD ZION CHAPEL18701782-1852
WARMFIELD ST PETER12051758-1812
WOOLLEY ST PETERS10001867-1905
Total (18)711041679-1976

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.)

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