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The Ancient Parish of WRAGBY
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"WRAGBY, a parish in the townships of Purston Jaglin, Winterset, and Hesle, wapentake of Osgoldcross; 5 miles SW. of Pontefract, 6 from Wakefield, 14 from Doncaster, 29 from York. The Church, donative, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Michael (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Pontefract. Patron, Charles Winn, Esq.""FOLDBY, or Foulby, a hamlet in the township of Sharlston, and parish of Wragby, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Pontefract and Wakefield."
"HESSLE, a township, in the parish of Wragby, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield. Pop. 139."
"HUNTWICK GRANGE, a farm-house in township of Purston Jacklin, and parish of Wragby, liberty of Pontefract; 4½ miles SW. of Pontefract, 6½ from Ferrybridge."
"NOSTAL PRIORY, or (modern) Nostell Priory, (the seat of Charles Winn, Esq.) in the township of Purston Jaglin, and parish of Wragby, wapentake of Osgoldcross; 5 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Ferrybridge." (There is further information for Nostal Priory).
"RYHILL, in the parish of Wragby, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles SE. of Wakefield, 6½ from Barnsley, 9 from Pontefract. Pop. 147."
"SANTINLEY, a farm-house in the township of Wintersett, and parish of Wragby, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles SE. of Wakefield."
"WEST HARDWICK, in the parish of Wragby, Wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles SW. of Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield. Pop. 93."
"WINTERSETT, in the parish of Wragby, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles SE. of Wakefield, 6½ from Barnsley, 9½ from Pontefract. Pop. 135."
[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
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- Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- The Church of St. Michael and Our Lady, Wragby. (The Church's website is here.)
- Internal view looking down the nave
- The East Window
- The font
- The trees undermining St. Michael's Church, Wragby.
- St. James' Church, Ryhill, view 1.
- St. James' Church, Ryhill, view 2.
- The Wesleyan Methodist Church, Ryhill.
- The former Primitive Methodist Church, Ryhill, now a double glazing business premises.
- An old photo of The former Primitive Methodist Church, Ryhill.
- The Church of St. Michael and Our Lady, Wragby. (The Church's website is here.)
- Transcript of the entry for Wragby in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Wragby.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Wragby to another place.
- National Trust website for Nostell Priory
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
- For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE403175 (Lat/Lon: 53.652453, -1.391755), Wragby which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Transcription and photograph of Ryhill and Havercroft war memorial
- The War Memorial at Wragby
- The World War I Roll of Honour (part 1) in St. Michael's Church, Nostell Priory.
- The World War I Roll of Honour (part 2) in St. Michael's Church, Nostell Priory.
- This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.