Birkby, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Birkby, a village in the township of Hnddersfield, W.R. Yorkshire, It is 1½ mile from Huddersfield railway station, and has a post and money order office (T.S.O.) under Huddersfield, which is the telegraph office. There are Baptist, Wesleyan, and Methodist chapels, and the Huddersfield Borough Fever Hospital is near the village.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Birkby:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1721-1914 | 1755-1821 | 1721-1928 | 1721-1989 |
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the West Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Birkby are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following West Riding newspapers online: