Handsworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Woodhouse near Sheffield, Woodhouse, Richmond, Intake, and Gleadless.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Handsworth
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598
Gleadless
- Parish registers: 1839
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1839
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, Society of Friends/Quaker, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Reform.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HANDSWORTH, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Sheffield district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near the Midland railway, and near the boundary with Derby, 2 miles WNW of Woodhouse r. station, and 4 ESE of Sheffield.
The parish contains also the villages of Gleadless, Intake, Richmond, and Woodhouse. Acres, 3, 510. Real property, £13, 680; of which £1, 150 are in mines, and £130 in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 3, 264; in 1861, 3, 951. Houses, 864. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Duke of Norfolk. Woodthorpe Hall is the seat of John B. Brown, Esq. There are collieries, quarries, saw mills, and manufactures of cutlery.
The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Gleadless, in the diocese of York. Value, £589. Patrons, Trustees. The church stands on an eminence; is ancient; has a small tower and spire; and was recently repaired. There are a chapel of ease in Gleadless,
Independent chapels in Handsworth village, Gleadless, and Woodhouse, Methodist chapels in Handsworth and Woodhouse, a Quakers’ chapel in Woodhouse, national schools in Gleadless and Woodhouse, and charities £20.
The sub-district is conterminate with the parish.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Yorkshire, Handsworth – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Burial and graves registers for Handsworth Cemetery, 1859-1996
Author: Handsworth Cemetery (Handsworth, Yorkshire)
Burial and graves registers for Woodhouse Cemetery, 1879-1996
Author: Woodhouse Cemetery (Woodhouse, Yorkshire)
Register of burials in the burial ground of Revil Lane, Woodhouse, 1875-1949
Author: Handsworth (Yorkshire). Burial Board
England, Yorkshire, Handsworth – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Handsworth
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Yorkshire, Handsworth – Church history ( 1 )
The history of the parishes and churches in the deanery of Handsworth in the diocease and archdeaconry of Sheffield
Author: Thomas, Alfred
England, Yorkshire, Handsworth – Church records ( 8 )
Births and baptisms, 1823-1837
Author: Woodhouse Chapel (Handsworth, Yorkshire : Independent)
Births, marriages and burials, 1676-1833
Author: Society of Friends. Balby Monthly Meeting (Yorkshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Handsworth, 1598-1874
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Handsworth (Yorkshire)
Church records for St. Joseph’s Chapel, Handsworth, 1870-1949
Author: Catholic Church. St. Joseph’s Chapel (Handsworth, Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Handsworth Woodhouse, parish registers, 1875-1942
Author: Church of England. St. James’ Church l(Handsworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute
England, Yorkshire, Handsworth, parish registers, 1558-1970
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Handsworth (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute
Parish registers for Gleadless, 1839-1953
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gleadless (Yorkshire)
Parish registers for Woodhouse, near Sheffield, 1875-1908
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Woodhouse (near Sheffield, Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Handsworth – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Handsworth, Yorks., Eng
England, Yorkshire, Handsworth – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 3 )
Overseers’ accounts for Handsworth, 1759-1848
Author: Handsworth (Yorkshire)
Poor rates, for the necessary relief of the poor, 1843-1891
Author: Handsworth (Yorkshire)
Valuation lists, 1838, 1878-1884
Author: Handsworth (Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Handsworth – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers for Woodhouse West Council School, Handsworth, 1912-1930
Author: Woodhouse West Council School (Handsworth, Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Handsworth – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Handsworth township, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments, 1836-1899
Author: Handsworth (Yorkshire)
Valuation lists, 1838, 1878-1884
Author: Handsworth (Yorkshire)
Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Sheffield
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Chancellor of York with the Prebendal Jurisdiction of Laughton en le Morthen
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: Doncaster
- Poor Law Union: Sheffield
- Hundred: Strafforth and Tickhill
- Province: York
