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Barnsley (Parish of St John the Baptist), Yorkshire (WRY), England

Barnsley (Parish of St John)

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

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