WAKEFIELD-Which District

[Andy001]

Hiya, Can someone tell me what District you'd be registered in for Wakefield circa 1840
Thanks,Andrea

I must have been having a 'blonde' moment,I re-did my search and Wakefield came up!!

Just in case though-are there any areas of Wakefield that might have come under a different district?

[behindthefrogs]

Wakefield is a district

[Andy001]

I thought it was,but I'd put in a search for a William Smith's marriage on free bmd,expecting Wakefield to come up,there were tons of William Smiths,but no Wakefield.
So I thought I'd check with the experts in West Yorkshire

I went back + I expanded it by a quarter and got one!!!!

[bianca1978]

around that time they were seperate parishs in wakefield my husbands dad was born in agbrigg wakefield with agbrigg as the parish also sandal so you could look at those if you are unsure of a place look on multimap.com i find it very helpful

good luck

[behindthefrogs]

If you do start looking at parish registers.  In Wakefield in 1840 there were two parishes

Cathedral
St John

Only Cathedral would appear to be in the IGI. luckily up to 1846.  I don't know how complete this will be.

Sandall Magna was a parish in 1840 but I don't think Agbrigg was.

[Andy001]

Thanks for that! I did eventually find the marriage,it was before 1837 at Sandal Magna and it was on the IGI.
I've not been over to Wakefield to look at it yet though,but I will do!!