Baildon Yorkshire Family History Guide
Status: Ecclesiastical Parish
Riding: West Riding
Parish church: St John
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1621
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603
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Adjacent Parishes
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BAILDON, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Otley parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near the river Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool canal, 2 miles NNE of Shipley r. station, and 5 N of Bradford. It has a post office under Leeds, and fairs on 2 March and 4 Nov. Its inhabitants are employed chiefly in woollen and worsted manufactures. The township comprises 1,722 acres. Real property, £9,123. Pop., 3,895. Houses, 854. Baildon Hill, in the W, is 922 feet high, and has ancient entrenchments and tumuli. The chapelry is conterminate with the township. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £148. Patrons, Trustees. There are three dissenting chapels and a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Langdale A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire 1822
Baildon, in the parish of Otley, upper division of Skyrack; 5 miles from Otley and Bradford, 12 from Leeds. – Fairs, first Saturdays in March and November, for horned cattle, horses, &c. – Pop. 2,679. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Giles, in the deanery of the Ainsty, value, p.r. £113 11s. 8d. Patron, the Vicar of Otley.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire By Thomas Langdale. Second Edition. Printed and Sold by J. Langdale; and sold by T. Langdale, Ripon. 1822.
Parish Records
FamilySearch - Birth Marriage & Death Census Migration & Naturalization Military Probate & Court
Church Records
Baildon St John the Evangelist baptisms - FamilySearch Author: Wharfedale Family History Group
Church records - Indexes
Computer printout of Baildon, Lane End Primitive Methodist, Yorks., Eng - FamilySearch
Church History
Baildon Moravian Church : a brief history Author: Warren, Winifred
Genealogy
The family of Leathley or Lelay - FamilySearch Author: Baildon, W. Paley (William Paley), 1859-1924
Census
Census returns for Baildon, 1841-1891 - FamilySearch Author: Great Britain. Census Office
Baildon 1901 census index - FamilySearch Author: Wharfedale Family History Group
Taxation
Land tax assessments for Baildon township, 1753, 1781-1831 - FamilySearch Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Cemeteries
Baildon Charlestown Cemetery memorial inscriptions - FamilySearch Author: Balmforth, Lynda; Wharfedale Family History Group; Charlestown Cemetery (Baildon, West Yorkshire)
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Leeds & Bradford including Halifax & Brighouse : A1 easy read street atlas - FamilySearch
Administration
County: Yorkshire
Civil Registration District: Otley
Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
Diocese: Post-1835 - Ripon, Pre-1836 - York
Rural Deanery: Pontefract
Poor Law Union: Carlton Gilbert Union
Hundred: Skyrack
Province: York
