Barnsley (Parish of St John), Yorkshire (WRY)
Location
The Parish of St John the Baptist, Barnsley is an ecclesiastical district created out of the ancient parish of
Silkstone, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The town of Barnsley was additionally served by the parishes of
Barnsley, St Mary (which lies to its east and south) and
Barnsley, St George (to the west and north).
Parish Church
The Parish (CofE) Church is St John, Barnsley was demolished in the 1960's. It stood on Joseph Street. See
Barnsley War Memorial Project: St John's Church
Parish Registers
The surviving parish registers are held at the Wakefield office of the West Yorkshire Archive Service. See "Collection Guide 1 - Parish Registers" linked from
https://www.wyjs.org.uk/archive-service/our-collections/guides-to-our-collections/ (accessed June 2023).
Adjacent (Pre 1832) Parishes
The ecclesiastical district of Barnsley, St John, was created after 1832 from the ancient parish of
Silkstone
Gleanings from