Name of Institution                Mirfield

Brief History

Dedication                                                      St Mary

Earliest Known Parish Register                     

Location                                                          Yorkshire

IGI Coverage                                                  1559 - 1846

Records

Record Type	Events	Coverage	Record Ref	LDS Ref
Parish Register	C	1559-1838	D1/1-20	1542068
	C	1838-1916	D1/1-20	1542069
	Bns	1842-1899		1657837
	M	1559-1754	D1/1-20	1542068
	M	1754-1813	D1/1-20	1542069
	M	1813-1878	D1/1-20	1542070
	M	1878-1915	D1/1-20	1542071
	B	1559-1812	D1/1-20	1542068
	B	1813-1854	D1/1-20	1542071
	B	1855-1910	D1/1-20	1542072
Bishop’s Transcripts	CMB	1600, 1602-1603, 1626, 1632-1633, 1636-1637, 1639, 1641, 1660-1666, 1668-1669, 1671-1673, 1675-1678, 1683-1684, 1686, 1689, 1691, 1693-1696, 1698-1706, 1708-1716, 1718-1819 1820	RD/RR/26, 238/1-2	990708
	CB	1820-1846	RD/RR/26, 238/1-2	990757
	M	1820-1837	RD/RR/26, 238/1-2	990757
	CB	1849-1855	RD/RR/26, 238/1-2	1849237
	CB	1847-1870	RD/RR/26, 238/1-2	1849378
Monumental Inscriptions		1633-1884	West Yorks Archive D1/32-34, 42-43	1657837
Internment Books		1861-1915	West Yorks Archive D1/32-34, 42-43	1657837
Transcriptions/Indexes
Ø      YPRS	CMB	1559 - 1700		Volume 64
Ø      YPRS	CB	1700 - 1776		Volume 72
Ø      YPRS	M	1700 - 1754		Volume 72
Ø      LDS Extraction
Program
Ø      National Burial Index	B
Parish Records	Churchwarden Accounts

Parish Register.

Baptisms    1559 - 1776

Entry	Entry
	Mary daughter of Rev. Mr. J. Ismay, Vicar, was baptised 20th October and brought into the congregation 17th November 1748
	Thomas son of Rev. Mr. Joseph Ismay, Vicar, was baptised 8th July 1750
	Martha daughter of Rev. Joseph Ismay, was born 2nd December and baptised 3rdh December 1753
	Maria daughter of Rev. Mr. J. Ismay, Vicar, was baptised 26th November 1755

Marriages  1559 - 1754

No Ismays

Burials       1559 – 1776

Entry	Entry
	Mary daughter of Rev. Mr. J. Ismay, Vicar, was buried 4th August 1749
	Mary wife of Rev. Mr. Ismay, Vicar, was buried 23rd March 1765
	Mr. Thomas Ismay, son of the Vicar of Mirfield of this church, and student of Physic in the University of Edinburgh died in that city 17th May 1772. An Aet Suae 22
	The Rev. Joseph Ismay, Vicar of Mirfield, was buried 24th June 1788

Bishop’s Transcripts

Transcriptions/Indexes

Memoranda at the end of the Volume.

The Rev’d Jos Ismay BA was inducted January 28, 1739

This is to certify that the eleventh stall on the south sife of ye church next to the great door was set up and repaired with my consent by the church wardens John Hebblewait and Abraham Hemingway at their own expense as witnessed by my hand 24 October 1768. Jos Ismay Vicar

October 8th, 1767, Between 4 and 5 o’clock this morning there was the greatest flood in this Parish that has happened in this century or ever known in the memory of the oldest man now living. It swept away Corn, Bridges, Trees etc., and has done very considerable damage in several places adjourning the river. J. Ismay Vicar of Mirfield

February 10th, 1768, between 4 and 5 o’clock this morning there was agreater flood than that which happen on ye 8th October last. It was occassioned by ye sudden melting of the snow which fell the preceding day, and was 5 or 6 inches higher than the Michaelmas flood 1767. It has done considerable damage all the vale was entirely overflowed, lands covered with sand and rubbish, water banks broken down, and most of the bridges carried away by the rapidity of the torrent. J. Ismay Vicar of Mirfield

Leyland Bridge over the river Calder in this parish was carried away by the violence of the torrent, October 8th, 1767, and being indicted at ye Quarter Sessions was rebuilt and repaired in 1768 at ye expense of the Wappentake of Agbrigg and Morley, pursuant to the Order made for that purpose by the Justice of the Peace at the General Quarter Sessions held in Pontefract April 11th 1768. J. Ismay Vicar

Be it remembered that one pew containg six seats (being the third pew from the front on the North Side of the West Gallery in Mirfield Church) was sold and conveyed by Mr. Samuel Gill of Earthrop to Mr. Samuel Brook of Mount Pleasent in the Parish of Mirfield for Six pounds and six shillings this 5th day of December 1776. Witnessed J. Ismay vicar of Mirfield and Abraham Sheard Parish Clerk.

National Burial Index

Burial Date	Name	Age	County	Place
4 Aug 1749	Mary Ismay	NK	Yorks	Mirfield, St Mary
28 Mar 1765	Mary Ismay	NK	Yorks	Mirfield, St Mary
17 May 1772	Thomas Ismay	22	Yorks	Mirfield, St Mary