COLLECTIONS GUIDE 9 TITHE Contacting Us What were tithes? Please contact us to book a Tithes were a local tax on agricultural produce. This tax was originally paid place before visiting our by farmers to support the local church and clergy. When Henry VIII searchrooms. abolished the monasteries in the 16th century, many Church tithe rights were sold into private hands. Owners of tithe rights on land which had WYAS Bradford previously belonged to the Church were known as ‘Lay Impropriators’. Margaret McMillan Tower Tithe charges were extinguished in 1936. Prince’s Way Bradford What is a tithe map? BD1 1NN Telephone +44 (0)113 535 0152 Disputes over the assessment and collection of tithes were resolved by the e. [email protected] Tithe Commutation Act of 1836. This allowed tithes in kind (wheat, hay, wool, piglets, milk etc.) to be changed into a fixed money payment called a WYAS Calderdale ‘tithe rent charge’. Detailed maps were drawn up showing the boundaries Central Library & Archives of individual fields, woods, roads, streams and rivers, and the position of Square Road buildings. Most tithe maps were completed in the 1840s. Halifax HX1 1QG What is a tithe apportionment? Telephone +44 (0)113 535 0151 e. [email protected] The details of rent charges payable for each property or field were written WYAS Kirklees up in schedules called ‘tithe apportionments’ . This part of the tithe award Central Library recorded who owned and occupied each plot, field names, the use to which Princess Alexandra Walk the land was being put at the time, plus a calculation of its value. Huddersfield HD1 2SU Why are tithe records useful? Telephone +44 (0)113 535 0150 e. [email protected] Tithe maps are very important because they are often the first large scale map of a particular area. The apportionments are a detailed inventory of WYAS Leeds farming and land use in the mid-19th century. Nepshaw Lane South Leeds Where can I find tithe records? LS27 7JQ Telephone +44 (0)113 535 0155 Three originals of each tithe map and award were produced. The Tithe e. [email protected] Commissioners’ copy is now held at the National Archives in London. In most cases one or both of the two copies made for the local Church WYAS Wakefield authorities are now held in local archives. This guide lists surviving West Yorkshire History Centre diocesan and parish copies of tithe records held by West Yorkshire 127 Kirkgate Wakefield Archive Service (WYAS). WF1 1JG Telephone +44 (0)113 535 0142 Tracks in Time is the name of an exciting and ambitious online project that e. [email protected] has been undertaken by West Yorkshire Archive Service. Supported by Heritage Lottery funding, its aim has been to conserve, capture digitally and provide free online access to the historic tithe maps which together span the modern Leeds Metropolitan District. 26/03/2018 1 Tithe District Parish WYAS Reference Map held Award Available Office at WYAS held at on Tracks WYAS in Time website Abbotside, High Aysgarth Leeds RD/RT110 Abbotside, Low Aysgarth Leeds RD/RT148 Aberford Aberford Leeds PRO1 copy copy Ackton Featherstone Leeds YD/1 Ackton Featherstone Wakefield C429/1 copy copy Addingham Addingham Bradford 44D97/2 Addingham Addingham Leeds BD105 pt1–3; RD/RT1 (AA) RD/RT 2/1, RD/RT2/5 Adel cum Eccup Adel Leeds RD/RT2/2/4 (AA) copy Adel cum Eccup Adel Wakefield Z20/1 copy Adwick le Wakefield C429/2 copy Adwick le Street Street Adwick upon Dearne Adwick upon Wakefield C429/3 copy Dearne Ainderby Quernhow Ainderby Leeds RD/RT3 Quernhow Ainderby Steeple Ainderby Leeds RD/RT4 Steeple Aismunderby with Ripon Leeds RD/RT5/1-2 Bondgate Aldborough St John Leeds RD/RT6/1 Stanwick Aldfield Ripon Leeds RD/RT7 Allerton Bradford Bradford 55D93/1a, 1b WYL333/48 & Allerton Bradford Leeds WYL333/addl/338 Almondbury Almondbury Kirklees E/A/E copy copy Almondbury Almondbury Wakefield C429/4 Altofts Normanton Wakefield WDP151; WYW1666 (plan only) Alverthorpe with Wakefield Wakefield Z20/2 copy Thornes Alverthorpe with Wakefield Wakefield WDP3/8/24 and 25 Thornes Alwoodley Harewood Leeds RD/RT256 copy Appleton Catterick Leeds RD/RT8 Arkengarthdale Arkengarthdale Leeds RD/RT9 Armley Leeds Leeds RD/RT10 Arthington Adel Leeds RD/RT11 (plan); PRO copy award 18/1 Arthington Adel Leeds WYL333/335 Askrigg Aysgarth Leeds RD/RT12 Aston cum Aughton Aston cum Wakefield C429/5 copy copy Aughton Austerfield Blyth Wakefield C429/6 26/03/2018 2 Tithe District Parish WYAS Reference Map held Award Available Office at WYAS held at on Tracks WYAS in Time website Austhorpe Whitkirk Leeds PRO award 2, plan copy copy 16 Austonley Almondbury Kirklees E/A/E Austonley Almondbury Wakefield C429/7 copy copy Austwick and Clapham Leeds BD125 Lawkland Aysgarth Aysgarth Leeds RD/RT13 Azerley Kirkby Leeds RD/RT14 Malzeard & Ripon Badsworth Badsworth Wakefield C102/4/1 draft Baildon Otley Bradford 55D93/2a, 2b Baildon Otley Leeds BDP83/14 Bainbridge Aysgarth Leeds RD/RT15 Barden Skipton Leeds BD6 Bardsey cum Rigton Bardsey & Leeds RD/RT16/1; Kirkby RD/RT16/2 (AA) Overblow Bardsey cum Rigton Bardsey & Leeds WYL72/25/addl/25 copy Kirkby Overblow Barforth Gilling & St Leeds RD/RT17/1-2 John Stanwick Barlby Hemingbrough Wakefield C429/21/2 copy copy Barnbrough Barnburgh Wakefield C429/8 copy (Barnburgh) Barningham Barningham Leeds RD/RT18/1/1 RD/RT18/2 (AA) Barrowby Garforth Leeds PRO award 3, plan copy copy 17 Barton Gilling & St Leeds RD/RT19 John Stanwick Barwick in Barwick in Elmet Elmet Leeds RD/RT20 Bashall Eaves Mitton Leeds BD48 Bawtry Bawtry Wakefield C429/10 copy Beaghall see Beal Beamsley Addingham Leeds BD82 Beamsley Skipton Leeds BD57 Bedale Bedale Leeds RD/RT 21 copy Beeston Leeds Leeds PL/HO 1A Beeston Leeds Leeds WYL333/340 Bentham Bentham Leeds BD118/1-2 Bewerley Ripon Leeds RD/RT22 26/03/2018 3 Tithe District Parish WYAS Reference Map held Award Available Office at WYAS held at on Tracks WYAS in Time website Bilton Park Knaresborough Leeds RD/RT23 Bingham Bingham Wakefield C429/11 Bingley (includes Bingley Leeds BD42; BD61; BD67 Micklethwaite, Harden and Morton) Bishop Monkton Ripon Leeds WYL150 Add. Map draft 24 Bishop Thornton Ripon Leeds RD/RT25 Bishopdale Aysgarth Leeds RD/RT24 Bishopside, High and Ripon Leeds RD/RT110A Low Blazefield Ripon Leeds RD/RT26 OS map Blubberhouses Fewston Leeds RD/RT27 Boldron Startforth Leeds RD/RT28 Bolton Calverley Bradford 55D93/3a, 3b Bolton Calverley Leeds BDP17/16 Bordley Burnsall Leeds RD/RT29 Bowland Slaidburn Leeds BD119 Bowling Bradford Bradford 55D93/4a, 4b Bowling Bradford Leeds WYL333/50 Bradfield Ecclesfield Wakefield C429/12 copy Bradford Bradford Bradford 55D93/5a, 5b WYL333/49; Bradford Bradford Leeds WYL333/51 Bradford, West Mitton Leeds BD87 Bradley Huddersfield Wakefield C429/38 copy Bradley, Upper and Kildwick Wakefield Z20/3 copy Lower Braithwell Braithwell Wakefield C429/13 copy Bramham Bramham Leeds RD/RT30 Bramley Braithwell Leeds RD/RT31 Bramley Leeds Leeds RDP14/118-119; RD/RT31A (no plan) Bramley Braithwell Wakefield C429/14 copy copy Brearton Knaresborough Leeds RD/RT32 Bretton, West Sandal Magna Wakefield WDP20/3/4/16a Bretton, West Sandal Magna Wakefield Z20/4 copy Bridge Hewick Ripon Leeds RD/RT33 Brierley Felkirk Wakefield WDP179 Brignall Brignall Leeds RD/RT34 26/03/2018 4 Tithe District Parish WYAS Reference Map held Award Available Office at WYAS held at on Tracks WYAS in Time website Kirkby Leeds RD/RT35 Brimham and Hartwith Malzeard OS map Brotherton Brotherton Wakefield WDP74/4/1/5 Brough Catterick Leeds RD/RT36 Buckden Arncliffe Leeds BD113 Burley in Wharfedale Otley Bradford 55D93/6a, 6b BD3 (AA) Burley in Wharfedale Otley Leeds BDP83/15 Burneston Burneston Leeds RD/RT37 Burnsall with Thorpe Burnsall with Leeds BD43 pt1 – 3 Thorpe Burton cum Walden Aysgarth Leeds RD/RT38 Burton Leonard Burton Leonard Leeds Acc. 1869 copy copy Burton upon Yore Masham Leeds RD/RT39 Butterbusk see Clifton Byram-cum-Poole Brotherton Wakefield WDP74/4/1/4 Calbergh Coverham Leeds RD/RT40 Caldwell St John Leeds RD/RT41 Stanwick Calverley and Farsley Calverley Leeds BD51 Carkin Gilling Leeds RD/RT42 Carleton Highdale Coverham Leeds RD/RT43 Carleton in Craven Carlton Leeds BD55 Carlton Rothwell Leeds RD/RT257 Carperby cum Aysgarth Leeds RD/RT45 Thoresby Carthorpe Burneston Leeds RD/RT46 Castley Leathley Leeds RD/RT47; WYL647 Cattall see Hunsingore Catterick Catterick Leeds RD/RT48/1 Cawton Gilling Leeds RD/RT49 Chapel Allerton Leeds Leeds RD/RT50 Churwell Batley Leeds PRO award 4, map copy copy 19 Churwell Batley Wakefield C429/9/2 copy Clapham with Newby Clapham Leeds BD124 Clayton Bradford Leeds WYL333/52 26/03/2018 5 Tithe District Parish WYAS Reference Map held Award Available Office at WYAS held at on Tracks WYAS in Time website Clayton West High Hoyland Wakefield WDP118/31 copy copy Cleckheaton Birstall Wakefield WDP5/3/42 Cliffe-cum-Lund Hemingbrough Wakefield C429/21/3 copy Clifford Bramham Leeds WYL72/add/268 copy copy (award only); PRO 20 award 17/1-2 Clifford Bramham Wakefield Z20/7 copy Clifton Dewsbury Leeds RD/RT53 Clifton see Newall Colburn Catterick Leeds RD/RT54 Cold Hiendley Felkirk Wakefield C509/3 Coldcotes Leeds Leeds RD/RT55; RD/RT 56 (copy) Coldcotes Leeds