Gleadless, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Gleadless, a village and a constablewick in Handsworth parish, W.R. Yorkshire, 3½ miles SE of Sheffield, which was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1881. There is a post office under Sheffield; money order office, Intake; telegraph office, Heeley. Population, 2695. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; gross value, £150 with residence. Patron, the Rector of Handsworth. The church was built in 1840. There are also Wesleyan and Congregational chapels.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Gleadless:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1839-1912 | 1879-1890 | 1881-1928 | 1727-1953 |
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 Gleadless 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: