Whitood churches

[wildgoose]

Does anyone know the name of the Parish Church at Whitwood Mere.  The Parish church at Whitwood was St Philip's

[arthurk]

According to the National Index of Parish Registers it was/is All Saints.

Arthur

[wildgoose]

Many thanks

[onefortheroad]

ArthurK is right but you need to be a bit careful. Firstly, Whitwood Mere is nothing to do with Whitwood. They're about two miles apart. Secondly, Whitwood Mere's parish church is, as ArthurK says, called All Saints but it's actually located at Hightown, another district of Castleford and Castleford's parish church is also called All Saints.

Hope this doesn't muddy the water too much.

David

[Scurr Lady]

Hightown is the modern, local name of Whitwood Mere which has been adopted by usage, it is not as you seem to suggest that the church is in a different  area. All Saints, Whitwood Mere is these days  referred to as All Saints, Hightown  but still occupies the same position as when it was built in 1865

[dobfarm]

It was just 'All Saints' church in Castleford on the map pre- 1850 ish

Whitood mere ('Mere'), Hightown (Modern name) and Whitwood ( was Whitwood House) are just suburbs of Castleford of today: -not villages with their own parish church or a chapelry village of the mother parish Castleford All Staint's


This map 1850 ish


http://maps.nls.uk/view/102345007

Where Whitood mere is today was called just ' Mere'

Whitood I think is a corruption of Whitwood originally Whitwood house.

Before early 19th century -Just Castleford parish;- full stop.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/PhotoFrames/WRY/CastlefordAllSaints.html

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Post 1850

Hightown is where Bateson's pottery was located with nothing else there only the railway (see 1850 map above)

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Whitwood+Mere,+Castleford/@53.7239344,-1.3669579,1569m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x487969d91f64d62d:0xaf7cb8e0764982ed!8m2!3d53.726146!4d-1.372716


 
use mouse to zoom in/out to see suburb names


(Kirkburton and Holmfirth parishes near Huddersfield had similar problems being many miles apart but also Holmfirth considered 2  parishes Kirkburton parish and Almondbury parish both massive parishes but boundary in the middle of Holmfirth driving researchers nuts today)

(debatable)  Modern named - Hightown later got its own Chapelry of All Saint's  of mother church/ but also called All Saint's or its own parish church again called All Saint's (See photo link)

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/PhotoFrames/WRY/WhitwoodAllSaints.html

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Castleford/

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Maps/WRYParishes.gif

Hope it helps

Dobby