Kirk Smeaton Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Kirk Smeaton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Wentbridge.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1604
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SMEATON-KIRK, a parish, with a village, in Hemsworth district, W. R. Yorkshire; 2½ miles SW of Womersley r. station, and 5½ SE of Pontefract. Post town, Pontefract. Acres, 1,770. Real property, £3,326. Pop., 333. Houses, 75. The manor belongs to the Neviles. Smeaton Crags are picturesque. Traces exist of a Roman camp. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £370. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church is Norman. There is a slightly endowed school.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Kirk-Smeaton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Kirk Smeaton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Kirk-Smeaton – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Kirk-Smeaton, 1600-1863
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirk-Smeaton (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Kirk-Smeaton, 1604-1965
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirk-Smeaton (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Kirk-Smeaton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Kirk Smeaton, Yorks., Eng

England, Yorkshire, Kirk-Smeaton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Kirk Smeaton township, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Hemsworth
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: York
  • Rural Deanery: Doncaster
  • Poor Law Union: Hemsworth
  • Hundred: Osgoldcross
  • Province: York