Braithwell Genealogical Records
Braithwell Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of baptism registers, searchable by a name index, essentially recording births, but may include residence, father's occupation and more.
A name index linked to images of birth and baptism registers from West Yorkshire non-conformist churches. These records document the birth or baptism of over 275,000 people.
A searchable transcript of Braithwell baptism registers. The transcriptions essentially record births in and around Braithwell between 1559 and 1774. Details may include residence, father's occupation and more.
A searchable transcript of Braithwell baptism registers. The transcriptions essentially record births in and around Braithwell between 1559 and 1837.
Braithwell Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A name index linked to images of marriage registers from West Yorkshire non-conformist churches. These records document the marriage of over 250,000 people.
A searchable database containing a transcription of the marriage registers of Braithwell. These records may help trace a family as far back as 1559.
A searchable transcript of marriages solemnised at Braithwell between 1559 and 1837.
A searchable database containing a transcription of the marriage registers of Braithwell. These records may help trace a family as far back as 1559.
Braithwell Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age.
A name index linked to images of burial registers from West Yorkshire non-conformist churches. These records document the death and burial of over 170,000 people.
A searchable transcript of Braithwell burial registers. They may list the age of the deceased, their residence and name of relations.
A searchable transcription of the burial registers of Braithwell. Burials are the primary source for pre-1837 death documentation. They may record the date and or death of the deceased, their age, residence, name of a relations and more.
Braithwell Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of records recording over 600,000 properties in West Yorkshire, their owner, occupier, description and details of their taxable value.
An index to and images of registers listing over 22.5 million names of those who were registered to vote. The records list name, address and qualification to vote.
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of registered recording almost 4 million tax payments on properties. They record land owners, occupiers, taxable value and sometimes a description of the property.
Newspapers Covering Braithwell
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering local news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Sheffield area.
This fully searchable newspaper will provide a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Sheffield district. Includes family announcements.
A searchable newspaper providing a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Sheffield district. Includes obituaries and family announcements.
This fully searchable newspaper will provide a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Yorkshire district. Includes family announcements.
Britain's most popular provincial newspaper, covering local & national news, family announcements, government & local proceedings and more.
Braithwell Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Digital images, indexed by testor's name, of 28,716 wills, administrations, inventories and other probate documents. The records can shed light on an individual’s relations, possessions, land holdings, legal agreements and more. They cover various jurisdictions throughout the north of England.
An index to 263,822 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, year of probate, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
An index to 10,195 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, occupation, will & probate year, language, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
An index to wills, proved by the Derby Probate Registry. Index includes name, residence and year of probate. Contains entries for Yorkshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and other counties.
Braithwell Immigration & Travel Records
An index to and images of over 14,000 records detailing the removal and settlement of people between parishes in West Yorkshire.
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Braithwell Military Records
Three books detailing the unit's history from the period before and during WWI. Also contains a list of members, with dates of service and a roll of honours and awards.
Digital images of records that record those serving in and assessed for service in the militia and details of payments for the militia. The records can be searched by a name index.
An inventory of memorials commemorating those who served and died in military conflicts.
A chronicle of happenings in the counties of Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire relating to the war in Europe. Contains much detail on ship building.
Lists of officers by rank, regiment and name.
Braithwell Court & Legal Records
An index to and images of registers listing over 22.5 million names of those who were registered to vote. The records list name, address and qualification to vote.
Digital images of various documents, searchable by an index of over 335,000 names. The records include registers that record prisoners' names, ages, occupation, crimes, criminal history, education, religion, genealogical information and more.
Records of over 14,000 illegitimate births, which will typically name the child's father.
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of registers recording over 19,000 deaths deemed suspicious or otherwise worth investigating.
Records details of the distribution of funds to the poor, churchwardens' records, maintenance for illegitimate child and other similar records.
Braithwell Taxation Records
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of records recording over 600,000 properties in West Yorkshire, their owner, occupier, description and details of their taxable value.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of registered recording almost 4 million tax payments on properties. They record land owners, occupiers, taxable value and sometimes a description of the property.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
A name index to records recording taxes levied against owners of hearths in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Braithwell Land & Property Records
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of records recording over 600,000 properties in West Yorkshire, their owner, occupier, description and details of their taxable value.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of registered recording almost 4 million tax payments on properties. They record land owners, occupiers, taxable value and sometimes a description of the property.
Extracts for West Riding settlements found in the Domesday book. Includes the modern & 11th century place name, land owners and details of later history.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
Braithwell Directories & Gazetteers
A directory of settlements in the riding detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private residents..
A directory of the riding detailing its history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
Braithwell Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of West Riding's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
An index to close to 150,000 names listed on gravestones in Yorkshire.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Braithwell Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Braithwell Histories & Books
Extracts for West Riding settlements found in the Domesday book. Includes the modern & 11th century place name, land owners and details of later history.
An English translation of Yorkshire domesday records. This transcripts details the county's landowners in 1086.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A chronicle of happenings in the counties of Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire relating to the war in Europe. Contains much detail on ship building.
Photographs and images of churches in North Yorkshire.
Braithwell School & Education Records
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of registers recording admission, residence and discharges for schools that aimed to reform criminal youths. A great deal of detail may be gleaned on over 9,000 individual, including genealogical details, employment record and photographs.
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
Braithwell Occupation & Business Records
Digital images of registers recording appointments, promotions, disciplinary actions, transfers, applications, injuries and more. The records can be searched by an index of over 32,000 names.
An index to and images of occupational records. They may list name, residence, age, birth date, occupation, date of employment, employer, and marital status. Certificates of fitness for employment can include parents’ names.
An index to and images of over 75,000 alehouse licences, listing name of the person who held the licence, the name and location of the public house, dates the licence was issued and renewed, and whether the licence was transferred.
An index to and images of around 7,000 apprenticeship records. They may list name, age, parents' names, master's name, trade, date, residence, terms of apprenticeship and more.
Profiles of collieries in the north of England, with employment statistics, profiles of those who died in the mines and photographs.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Braithwell
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Braithwell Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Photographs and descriptions of West Riding's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Pedigrees compiled from a late 16th century heraldic visitation of Yorkshire. This work records the lineage, descendants and marriages of families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Pedigrees compiled from a early 17th century heraldic visitation of Yorkshire. This work records the lineage, descendants and marriages of families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
Braithwell Church Records
A name index linked to images of birth and baptism registers from West Yorkshire non-conformist churches. These records document the birth or baptism of over 275,000 people.
Tens of thousands of entries from non-conformist records detailing churches' membership. Records can include details such as date & place of birth, residence, familial relations and occupations. Records are indexed by name and connected to original images.
The parish registers of Braithwell provide details of births, marriages and deaths from 1559 to 1837. Parish registers can assist tracing a family as far back as 1559.
The parish registers of Braithwell provide details of births, marriages and deaths from 1559 to 1837. Parish registers can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
Records of over 14,000 illegitimate births, which will typically name the child's father.
Biographical Directories Covering Braithwell
A listing of the prominent residents of the county of Yorkshire, giving details on family, education, careers, hobbies, associations and more. Also includes details on the county's government officials, military officers, members of parliament, religious leaders and demographics.
Biographies of hundreds of men who served as officers in The Green Howards, an infant regiment in the King's Division. Details given include parentage, date of birth, military career and later professional career.
Abstract biographies of people connected with mining in the North of England.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Braithwell Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
A number of maps of northern England with the locations of collieries plotted.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Braithwell Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Historical Description
BRAITHWELL is a township and parish, 3 ½ miles south from the Conisbrough station on the South Yorkshire railway, 7 east-north-east from Rotherham, 6 ½ south-south west from Doncaster, 3 ½ west from Tickhill and 168 from London, in the southern division of the Riding, northern division of Strafforth and Tickhill wapentake, Doncaster union and county court district, rural deanery of Rotherham, archdeaconry and diocese of York. The church of St. James is a stone building, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave and a battlemented tower with pinnacles at the west end, containing 3 bells: this church, originally cruciform, with a tower at the intersection of the limbs, has undergone repeated alterations, and all that can be said with certainty to belong to the earlier structure is the circular arch oyer the principal entrance; whatever brasses it may have once contained have been destroyed or removed: within the communion rails is a mutilated inscription, with the arms of the Sheffields (a fess between 6 sheaves of corn), “Hie jacet Thomas Schofield qui obiit MCCCCVI,” engraved on a scroll encircling the head of an elegant cross floree: there are other inscriptions to Thomas Bosvile (1631), Nathaniel Eyre (1663), John Gleadall (1688) and John Turner (1766) the pulpit and reading-desk are of carved oak; on the former, carved in old English characters, are three texts, with the date 1574: in the chancel, remains what is called the “Founder’s tomb,” a monument of unusually large dimensions, and near it a piscina; there is no stained glass, and the font is modern. In the centre of the village is an ancient cross, dated MCXCI, with an inscription which Dr. Pegge read:—
“Jesu le fiz Marie Pense toy Le frere no roy Je vous prie.”
The register dates from the year 1559, and is in fairly good condition. The living is a rectory, yearly value £330 with good residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor and held by the Rev. Christopher Hodgson, of St. Bees. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. The poor have several small benefactions amounting to £34 yearly. Stockings are made here. Lord Conyers is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are the Earl of scarborough, J. Waterhouse and J. Fisher esqrs. The soil is clay and loam; the subsoil is limestone. The chief Crops are wheat, barley and beans. The population of the township in 1871 was 372, and the area 1,918 acres; the rateable value is £3,120, exclusive of Bramley. The population of the entire parish is 732, and the area 2,963 acres. Micelebring is a hamlet, 1 mile west.
Schools
National (mixed), with a yearly endowment of £17, Mrs. Hannah Burton, mistress.
Village, founded by John Bosvile in 1693, as appears from the following inscription on the school house:-“in Dei gloriam Patriae commodum hancce Scholam fundavit Johan: Bosvile 1693.” Miss Arabella shepherd, mistress.
Most Common Surnames in Braithwell
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Strafforth and Tickhill Wapentake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall | 15 | 1:24 | 0.16% | 24 |
| 2 | Wood | 12 | 1:30 | 0.06% | 6 |
| 2 | Allison | 12 | 1:30 | 0.74% | 314 |
| 2 | Muloy | 12 | 1:30 | 85.71% | 11,617 |
| 5 | Spencer | 11 | 1:33 | 0.24% | 78 |
| 5 | Clarkson | 11 | 1:33 | 0.41% | 156 |
| 7 | Bailey | 10 | 1:36 | 0.21% | 72 |
| 7 | Gleadhall | 10 | 1:36 | 24.39% | 5,875 |
| 9 | Mountain | 9 | 1:40 | 0.96% | 527 |
| 10 | Hall | 8 | 1:45 | 0.07% | 17 |
| 10 | Watson | 8 | 1:45 | 0.08% | 18 |
| 10 | Sanderson | 8 | 1:45 | 0.21% | 102 |
| 10 | Pye | 8 | 1:45 | 2.70% | 1,524 |
| 14 | Green | 7 | 1:52 | 0.08% | 26 |
| 14 | Markham | 7 | 1:52 | 1.34% | 934 |
| 14 | Fidler | 7 | 1:52 | 3.04% | 1,866 |
| 14 | Sayles | 7 | 1:52 | 2.05% | 1,337 |
| 14 | Weyman | 7 | 1:52 | 87.50% | 16,907 |
| 19 | Atkinson | 6 | 1:61 | 0.06% | 21 |
| 19 | Colbeck | 6 | 1:61 | 1.28% | 1,031 |
| 19 | Beighton | 6 | 1:61 | 2.74% | 1,935 |
| 19 | Higgett | 6 | 1:61 | 75.00% | 16,907 |
| 23 | Roberts | 5 | 1:73 | 0.07% | 51 |
| 23 | Thompson | 5 | 1:73 | 0.03% | 9 |
| 23 | Barker | 5 | 1:73 | 0.05% | 19 |
| 23 | Shepherd | 5 | 1:73 | 0.18% | 149 |
| 23 | Bentley | 5 | 1:73 | 0.14% | 111 |
| 23 | Houghton | 5 | 1:73 | 0.93% | 909 |
| 23 | Bradbury | 5 | 1:73 | 0.35% | 351 |
| 23 | Coe | 5 | 1:73 | 1.33% | 1,234 |
| 23 | Revill | 5 | 1:73 | 1.16% | 1,106 |
| 32 | Richardson | 4 | 1:91 | 0.05% | 30 |
| 32 | Hodgson | 4 | 1:91 | 0.05% | 37 |
| 32 | Osborne | 4 | 1:91 | 0.56% | 677 |
| 32 | Hirst | 4 | 1:91 | 0.05% | 34 |
| 32 | Vickers | 4 | 1:91 | 0.37% | 465 |
| 32 | Waterhouse | 4 | 1:91 | 0.22% | 272 |
| 32 | Garnett | 4 | 1:91 | 0.36% | 454 |
| 32 | Satterfitt | 4 | 1:91 | 33.33% | 12,789 |
| 40 | Brooks | 3 | 1:121 | 0.21% | 344 |
| 40 | Burton | 3 | 1:121 | 0.09% | 120 |
| 40 | Wild | 3 | 1:121 | 0.14% | 210 |
| 40 | Beck | 3 | 1:121 | 0.35% | 578 |
| 40 | Travis | 3 | 1:121 | 0.58% | 953 |
| 40 | Barraclough | 3 | 1:121 | 0.11% | 158 |
| 40 | Hoyland | 3 | 1:121 | 0.37% | 600 |
| 40 | Bayes | 3 | 1:121 | 2.13% | 2,663 |
| 40 | Ridgeway | 3 | 1:121 | 2.94% | 3,276 |
| 49 | Johnson | 2 | 1:182 | 0.01% | 12 |
| 49 | Shaw | 2 | 1:182 | 0.01% | 11 |
| 49 | Mason | 2 | 1:182 | 0.05% | 88 |
| 49 | Foster | 2 | 1:182 | 0.03% | 35 |
| 49 | Holmes | 2 | 1:182 | 0.02% | 25 |
| 49 | Fox | 2 | 1:182 | 0.04% | 70 |
| 49 | Kay | 2 | 1:182 | 0.08% | 172 |
| 49 | Sykes | 2 | 1:182 | 0.02% | 22 |
| 49 | Law | 2 | 1:182 | 0.10% | 243 |
| 49 | Bradshaw | 2 | 1:182 | 0.18% | 457 |
| 49 | Deakin | 2 | 1:182 | 0.37% | 902 |
| 49 | Moses | 2 | 1:182 | 0.60% | 1,373 |
| 49 | Wortley | 2 | 1:182 | 0.78% | 1,706 |
| 49 | Eustace | 2 | 1:182 | 5.71% | 6,480 |
| 49 | Birkinshaw | 2 | 1:182 | 0.47% | 1,117 |
| 49 | Stenton | 2 | 1:182 | 0.61% | 1,397 |
| 49 | Joell | 2 | 1:182 | 7.41% | 7,669 |
| 49 | Liversiedge | 2 | 1:182 | 100.00% | 35,728 |
| 67 | Walker | 1 | 1:363 | 0.01% | 5 |
| 67 | Wright | 1 | 1:363 | 0.01% | 14 |
| 67 | Turner | 1 | 1:363 | 0.01% | 20 |
| 67 | Chapman | 1 | 1:363 | 0.02% | 74 |
| 67 | Webster | 1 | 1:363 | 0.02% | 55 |
| 67 | Nicholson | 1 | 1:363 | 0.02% | 71 |
| 67 | Yates | 1 | 1:363 | 0.06% | 288 |
| 67 | Ashton | 1 | 1:363 | 0.05% | 277 |
| 67 | Atkins | 1 | 1:363 | 0.28% | 1,275 |
| 67 | Lindsay | 1 | 1:363 | 0.36% | 1,617 |
| 67 | Neal | 1 | 1:363 | 0.20% | 996 |
| 67 | Lockwood | 1 | 1:363 | 0.03% | 96 |
| 67 | Kendall | 1 | 1:363 | 0.07% | 345 |
| 67 | Cornish | 1 | 1:363 | 1.96% | 5,054 |
| 67 | Fenwick | 1 | 1:363 | 0.17% | 810 |
| 67 | Scholes | 1 | 1:363 | 0.14% | 661 |
| 67 | Copeland | 1 | 1:363 | 0.48% | 2,001 |
| 67 | Hardcastle | 1 | 1:363 | 0.06% | 291 |
| 67 | Thurston | 1 | 1:363 | 1.92% | 4,997 |
| 67 | Moxon | 1 | 1:363 | 0.10% | 519 |
| 67 | Jubb | 1 | 1:363 | 0.08% | 431 |
| 67 | Laughton | 1 | 1:363 | 0.40% | 1,753 |
| 67 | Blow | 1 | 1:363 | 1.27% | 3,841 |
| 67 | Scholey | 1 | 1:363 | 0.13% | 652 |
| 67 | Harpham | 1 | 1:363 | 1.06% | 3,447 |
| 67 | Welding | 1 | 1:363 | 100.00% | 40,917 |
| 67 | Hoskinson | 1 | 1:363 | 11.11% | 15,484 |
| 67 | Carill | 1 | 1:363 | 12.50% | 16,907 |
| 67 | Hady | 1 | 1:363 | 9.09% | 13,541 |
| 67 | Bat | 1 | 1:363 | 100.00% | 40,917 |