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We’ve added a large collection of baptism, burial and marriage records for Wakefield and surrounding areas. Have a look at the tables below for full details:

Baptisms

Place, dedication
No. of entries
Year range
ALVERTHORPE, ST PAUL
2410
1871-1901
CHICKENLEY, WESLEYAN
257

1844,​1846-47,​1851,​1854,​1858,​1860,18​62-79,​1881,​1883-1903,​1905-07

HORBURY, ST PETER
3113
1860-1880
OSSETT, DEWSBURY RD WESLEYAN
310
1847-1893,​1895-1900,​1902-1907
OSSETT, STREETSIDE PRIMITIVE
138
1875-85,​1887,​1889-92,​1894,​1898,​1901,​1903-07,​1930
THORNHILL, ST MICHAEL
5168
1742-1812
WAKEFIELD, ST JOHN
2016
1830-1843
WAKEFIELD, ST MICHAEL
3171
1862-1892
WOOLLEY, ST PETER
1198
1737-1812,​1877
WRENTHORPE, ST ANNE
1650
1874-1908
Total (10)
19431
1737-1930

Marriages

Place, dedication
No. of entries
Year range
SANDAL, ST HELEN
498
1837-1847
THORNHILL, ST MICHAEL
646
1754-1787
WOOLLEY, ST PETER
29
1737-44,​1746-47,​1749-50,​1752-53
Total (3)
1173
1737-1847

Burials

Place, dedication
No. of entries
Year range
WAKEFIELD, ALL SAINTS
3156
1796-1811,​1902
WAKEFIELD, ST JOHN
2395
1845-1865
WOOLLEY, ST PETER
1459
1737-1885
Total (3)
7010
1737-1902

We’ve just added 276,000 new parish records for Wakefield in Yorkshire. These include baptisms, marriages and burials, and date back to the 1600s.

If you have gaps in your Wakefield ancestry or have been unable to get back beyond the 1837 cut-off for births, marriages and deaths, you may just find what you’re looking for in the new records.

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