Moss, West Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Description

Moss, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in Campsall parish, W.R. Yorkshire, 2 miles E of Askem and 8 S of Doncaster, with a station on the N.E.R. Post town, Askern. Acreage, including part of Kirkhouse Green, 2497; population, 259. The greater part of the township is in the ecclesiastical parish of Fenwick-cum-Moss. The ecclesiastical parish of All Saints was constituted in 1875. Population, 155. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; gross value, £205 with residence. The church, consecrated in 1875, is a building in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and western tower with spire, and has a fine stained E window.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Moss:

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Moss from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Moss)

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 Moss 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:

• Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer
• Leeds Mercury
• Yorkshire Evening Post
• Huddersfield Chronicle
• Leeds Intelligencer
• Bradford Observer
• Bradford Daily Telegraph