Sheffield, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Parishes, S-Y West Riding  Sheffield

Parish History
SHEFFIELD (St. Peter),a borough and parish, and the head of a union, partly in the N., but chiefly in the S., division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, W. riding of York; containing 111,091 inhabitants, of whom 68,186 are in the township of Sheffield, 55 miles (S. W. by S.) fromYork.and 163 (N. N. W.) from London.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 58-66. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51267 Date accessed: 01 September 2011.

Sheffield St Peter is an ancient parish, erected in the reign of Henry I.

A Complete List of Sheffield Parish and Chapels
Sheffield had the following parish and chapels attached to it, all lying within its jurisdiction and boundaries as of 1880:

Sheffield St. George's Church - 1824

Sheffield St. James Chapel - 1788 (FHL has from 1828 to 1830 only)

Sheffield St. John, Park-Hill - 1837

Sheffield St Matthias Carver-Street - 1877

Sheffield St. Mary's Church, Brammall-lane - 1830

Sheffield St Peter - 1560

Sheffield St. Paul's Chapel - 1720 (FHL has from 1793 to 1825 only)

Sheffield St. Philip Church - 1827

Sheffield St Stephen - 1858

The following district churches and chapels were built within Sheffield parish and they include the following:

Attercliffe - 1694

Brightside All Saint - 1869

Brightside St Thomas - 1846

Carbrook -1874

Crookes - 1840

Darnall - 1844

Dyers-Hill - 1865

Ecclesall-Bierlow - 1784

Eldon St Jude - 1846

Fulwood - 1838

Gleadless - 1839

Grimesthorpe - 1854

Heeley - 1848

Highfield - 1877

Holliscroft - 1852

Lydgate - 1788 - lies in West Yorkshire but partly in Rochdale Parish, Lancashire.

Neepsend - 1867

Olerton - 1858

Pitsmoor - 1846

Wicker - 1847

Walkley - 1869

In the town are eleven places of worship for various denominations of Methodists, six for Independents, and one each for Baptists, Quakers, 9 Roman Catholics - 1781

Parish Records
This ancient parish was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1560 for Sheffield, Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul.