Parish records

Wakefield Cathedral Registers

  • Location Wakefield, Yorkshire
  • Date 1600–1605
  • Entries 839
  • Record type Parish records

A transcription of the early parish registers of Wakefield Cathedral (formerly All Saints Parish Church), covering baptisms, burials and marriages from 1600 to 1605. The register contains 839 entries across five years — reflecting Wakefield's position as a major wool and cloth centre in the early seventeenth century. Records for 1603 are missing from the original. Roman numerals are used throughout for dates; old spellings and name variants have been preserved verbatim.

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Date Entry
March 1600Ann Dalomie Daughter of William dalomie buried the xxvth daye.
Aprill 1600Ihon Cookeson And margret goddard maryed xxth daye.
Maye 1600Willm Thackerow and agnis leigh maryed the iiijth daye.
March 1600/1Robarte Hodgson sonne of William hodgson bapt xxv daye of March 1600 (1601).
March 1602Ihon Thornton So : of Robart Thornton buried xxvjth daye.

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