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Public Records information for Halifax and places above it in the hierarchy

Halifax

• On the South Bradford Local History Alliance website:
  • Norwood Green, Polls 1841 & 1848 (Hipperholme cum Brighouse Township)
  • Shelf Township Records (Polls, Bastardy records, etc)
• A transcription of a paper presented by Mr H P Kendall to the Halifax Antiquarian Society in 1906 giving extracts from the accounts  of the Sowerby Constables. This includes a full list of the constables.

England

• See our section on Archives for various online catalogues of public records.
• The book: J. West. Village Records, Chichester, Phillimore, 1982, 248 p. provides detailed accounts of the types of document that are likely to be available, to someone wishing to research the history of a village and its population. The types of document covered are: Saxon Charters, The Domesday Survey, Manorial Court Rolls, Lay Subsidy Rolls, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Manorial Extents, Monumental Brasses, County Maps, Parish Records, Quarter Sessions Papers, Inventories, Wills, Hearth Tax Returns, Enclosure Awards and Maps, Land Tax and Tithe Records, Turnpike Trust Records, and Commercial Directories.