Westfield United Reformed, Wyke:: baptisms
 

This register covers the years 1825 to 1837 but the entries are not in strict date order and there are some duplicates. Parts of the book have the look of a copy done in the same hand at the same time, rather than entries made at the time of the event. After page 17 the entries look messier. There are many misspellings and mistakes, which is surprising given that Benjamin Firth was also a schoolmaster and ran a school at Hartshead Manor for many years. The wording on the cover and the fact that it is printed on only one side of page begs the question that its intended use might have been that entries could be cut out and presented to parents as proof of baptism. The register has been deposited with West Yorkshire Archives Bradford Office but as yet there is no reference.
 
 
Page ID Name Surname Parish Born Rel. Father Fath. Surname Mother Maid. Name Abode Min. Baptism Notes
1 1 Josiah FIRTH Birstall 1826 10 27 son Benj FIRTH Mary BATEMAN Scholes Jas Scott 1826 12 20 Benj Firth Minister
1 2 Joseph Firth Birstall 1828 01 29 son Benj FIRTH Mary BATEMAN Scholes James Scott 1828 04 15 Benj Firth Minister
1 2a Sophia Firth   1829 02 28             James Scott   Inserted between entries
1 3 William HOLDSWORTH Birstall 1825 11 17 son John HOLDSWORTH Hannah WADDINGTON Scholes B Firth 1825 12 18  
1 4 Morendal LOCKWOOD Birstall 1828 02 22 dau J? LOCKWOOD Mary   Wyke B Firth 1828 03 03  
2 1 Sarah Ann HODGSON Birstall 1823 07 04 dau Thos HODGSON Hannah   Wyke B Firth 1828 03 11  
2 2 Hannah GRAY Birstall 1828 07 18 dau James GRAY Susy   Wyke B Firth 1828 08 11  
2 3 Richard DRAKE Birstall 1828 07 14 son John DRAKE Betty   Wyke B Firth 1828 08 17  
2 4 Caroline BRIGGS Birstall 1828 05 30 dau     Mary BRIGGS Wyke B Firth 1828 07 28  
3 1 Nancy ASHWORTH Birstall 1828 05 30 dau Saml ASHWORTH Hannah   Wyke B Firth 1828 07 28  
3 2 Martha BINKS Birstall dau Sam BINKS Hannah   Wyke B Firth 1828 04 29  
3 3 Martha FIRTH Birstall 1828 03 23 dau Wm FIRTH Ann   Wyke B Firth 1828 04 29 Twins
3 3 Mary FIRTH Birstall 1828 03 23 dau Wm FIRTH Ann   Wyke B Firth 1828 04 29 Twins
3 4 John HOPKINSON Birstall 1827 06 16 son Joshua HOPKINSON Dorothy   Wyke B Firth 1827 07 24  
4 1 Hannah COLLINS Birstall 08 11 dau David COLLINS Mary   Wyke B Firth 1828 09 28  
4 2 John HOPKINSON Wyke 06 22 son Joshua HOPKINSON Dorothy   Wyke B Firth 1827 07  
4 3 Sophia FIRTH Birstall 1828 02 08 dau Benjamin FIRTH Mary   Heartshead Moor B Firth 1828 03 09 see entry p1/2a has different year
4 4 Joshua WRIGHT Birstall 10 25 son William WRIGHT Elizabeth   Wyke B Firth 1828 12 14  
5 1 Daniel BROOK Birstall 10 29 son John BROOK Martha   Wyke B Firth 1828 12 14  
5 2 Ann COLLINS Birstall 08 11 dau David COLLINS Mary   Wyke B Firth 1828 09 28  
5 3 William FIRTH Birstall 10 12 son     Mary FIRTH Wyke B Firth 1827 10 29  
5 4 Richard DRAKE Birstall 07 14 son John DRAKE Betty   Wyke B Firth 1828 08 17 duplicate see earlier entry p2/3
6 1 Uriah HOPKINSON Birstall 10 24 son     Mary   Wyke B Firth 1829 11 16  
6 2 Edwin HOPKINSON Birstall 09 16 son Joshua HOPKINSON Dorothy     B Firth 1829 09 30  
6 3 Elizabeth WORSNOP Birstall 08 08 dau Thomas WORSNOP Jane   Wyke B Firth 1829 09 13  
6 4 Hannah SHARP Birstall 08 25 dau Nathan SHARP Betty   Wyke B Firth 1829 09 13  
7 1 Susan THORNTON Birstall 1830 05 22 dau Joshua THORNTON Hannah   Wyke B Firth 1830 06 27  
7 2 Nancy PEARSON Birstall 1830 06 05 dau William PEARSON Hannah   Wyke B Firth 1830 08 01  
7 3 William HOPKINSON Birstall 1828 11 12 son Moses HOPKINSON Nancy   Cleckheaton B Firth 1830 08 10  
7 4 Thomas BROOK Birstall son William BROOK Rhoda   Norwood Green B Firth 1830 04 25  
8 1 William HIRST Birstall 1829 11 07 son Thomas HIRST Harriet   Wyke B Firth 1830 01 03  
8 2 Susannah BRIGGS Birstall 1829 11 07 dau     Eliz BRIGGS Wyke B Firth 1830 01 03  
8 3 John EASTWOOD Birstall 03 08 son Joshua EASTWOOD Hannah   Wyke B Firth 1830 04 11  
8 4 Mary BEST   1828 10 26 dau John BEST Jane   Wibsey B Firth 1830 04 11  
9 1 William BEST   02 23 son John BEST Jane   Wibsey B Firth 1830 04 11  
9 2 Harriet DRAKE Birstall 07 22 dau David DRAKE Mary   Wyke B Firth 1830 08 22  
9 3 Elizabeth COLLINS Birstall 08 04 dau David COLLINS Mary   Wyke B Firth 1830 10 30  
9 4 Matthias KELLET Birstall 1830 10 02 son     Hannah KELLET Wyke B Firth 1830 10 31  
10 1 Rebecca KELLET Birstall 1825 04 06 dau Joshua KELLET Lydia   Wyke B Firth 1830 10 31  
10 2 Mary KELLET Birstall 1827 10 21 dau Joshua KELLET Lydia   Wyke B Firth 1830 10 31  
10 3 Lydia KELLET Birstall 1829 11 08 dau Joshua KELLET Lydia   Wyke B Firth 1830 10 31  
10 4 William SHARP Birstall 1830 12 24 son     Sarah SHARP Wyke B Firth 1831 02 13  
11 1 Maria BROOK Birstall 02 05 dau John BROOK Martha   Close B Firth 1831 03 20  
11 2 Isaac SUGDEN Birstall 1831 01 19 son John SUGDEN Martha   Wyke B Firth 1831 03 20  
11 3 Rachel   Birstall 02 15 dau Joshua   Mary   Wyke B Firth 1831 05 02  
11 4 Ruth WORSNOP Birstall 1830 11 26 dau John WORSNOP Nancy   Wyke B Firth 1831 04 07  
12 1 Tempest SMITH Birstall 03 21 son Thomas SMITH Ellen   Wyke B Firth 1831 06 05  
12 2 John FIRTH Birstall 04 17 son William SMITH Hannah   Horse-close B Firth 1831 06 05  
12 3 Anne ROBIN   04 25 dau Abraham ROBIN Nancy     B Firth 1831 06 05  
12 4 Mary CLAYTON   04 03 dau John CLAYTON Martha   Wibsey B Firth 1831 06 05  
13 1 Benjamin HIRST Birstall 04 21 son Thomas HIRST Harriet   Wyke B Firth 1831 06 05  
13 2 Mary DRAKE Birstall 06 30 dau John DRAKE Betty   Wyke B Firth 1831 08 28  
13 3 James WRIGHT Birstall 08 08 son George WRIGHT Hannah   Wyke B Firth 1831 10 16  
13 4 John BROOK Birstall 08 14 son Jonathan BROOK Susannah   Wyke B Firth 1831 10 30  
14 1 Martha WORSNOP Birstall 03 04 dau Thomas WORSNOP Jane   Wyke B Firth 1831 12 04  
14 2 Thomas WRIGHT Birstall 11 03 son William WRIGHT Elizabeth   Wyke B Firth 1831 12 18  
14 3 Martha KELLET Birstall 11 29 dau Samuel KELLET Grace   Wyke B Firth 1831 12 25  
14 4 Harriet THORNTON Birstall 01 17 dau Joshua THORNTON Hannah   Wyke B Firth 1832 03 25  
15 1 David EASTWOOD Birstall 04 24 son Joshua EASTWOOD Hannah   Wyke B Firth 1832 06 05  
15 2 Benjamin DRAKE Birstall 06 26 son     Elizabeth DRAKE Wyke B Firth 1832 07 24  
15 3 Samuel HOPKINSON Birstall 06 21 son Joshua HOPKINSON Dorothy   Wyke B Firth ???? 07 24  
15 4 Sarah SCHOFIELD Birstall 1829 02 28 dau John SCHOFIELD Sarah   Wyke B Firth 1832 07 24  
16 1 Martha SCHOFIELD Birstall 02 17 dau John SCHOFIELD Sarah   Wyke B Firth 1832 07 24  
16 2 John BENTLEY Birstall 02 17 son James BENTLEY Lydia   Wyke B Firth 1832 07 24  
16 3 James BATEMAN Bradford 1832 05 15 son Wm BATEMAN Sarah   Park House B Firth 1832 06 10  
16 4 Elizabeth   Birstal 1833 09 18 dau Richard BIRKBY Mary   Wyke B Firth 1834 01 05  
17 1 John THORNTON Birstal 1833 12 22 son Jos THORNTON Hannah   Wyke B Firth 1834 02 16  
17 2 Sarah BROOK Birstal 1834 03 22 dau John BROOK Mary   Wyke B Firth 1834 04 26  
17 3 Sarah BIRKBY Birstal 1834 03 10 dau     Dorothy BIRKBY Wyke B Firth 1834 04 08  
17 4 Robert ODDY Birstal 03 30 son John ODDY Ann   Wyke B Firth 1834 05 04 Writing changes
18 1 Elizabeth BIRKBY Birstal 1833 09 18 dau Ricd BIRKBY Mary   Wyke B Firth 1834 01 05 see entry p16 /4
18 2 John THORNTON Birstal 1833 12 22 son Jos THORNTON Hannah     B Firth 1834 02 16 see entry p17/2
18 3 Sarah BROOKS Birstal 1834 03 22 dau John BROOKS Sarah     B Firth 1834 04 20 see entry p17/3
18 4 Robert ODDY Birstal 1834 03 30 son John ODDY Ann     B Firth 1834 05 04 see entry p17/4
19 1 Adam PRIESTLEY Birstal 1834 03 25 son J PRIESTLEY       B Firth 1834 03 13  
19 2 Wm CLAYTON Birstal 1834 07 13 son John CLAYTON Martha     B Firth 1834 11 04  
19 3 Ruth ROBINSON Birstal 1834 04 14 dau Abraham ROBINSON Nancy     B Firth 1834 04 04 baptised before born!
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20 1 Ephraim HARDY Birstal 1835 11 21 son John HARDY Ann     B Firth 1835 01 25 baptised before born!
20 2 Ann HOPKINSON Birstal 1829 01 14 dau     Rachel HOPKINSON   B Firth    
20 3 Martha SMITH Birstal 1830 10 07 dau Saml SMITH Sarah     B Firth 1830 11 29  
20 4 Samuel ODDY Birstal 1832 09 16 son John ODDY Ann     B Firth 1832 10 16  
21 1 Jane HOLDSWORTH Birstal 1834 09 26 dau John HOLDWORTH Hannah     B Firth 1834 11 12  
21 2 Ruth LISTER Birstal 04 05 dau James LISTER Sarah     B Firth 1836 06 02  
21 3 Sarah WRIGHT Birstal 1834 11 04 dau Wm WRIGHT Elizabeth     B Firth 1834 12 05  
21 4 Betsy EASTWOOD Birstal 1834 11 04 dau Josh EASTWOOD Hannah     B Firth 1834 12 05  
22 1 William BROOKE Birstall 1834 07 19 son     Caroline BROOKE   B Firth 1834 12 05  
22 2 Saml WRIGHT Birstal 1832 09 23 son John WRIGHT Mary     B Firth 1832 10 14  
22 3 Mary HOLDROYD Birstall 1832 08 12 dau George HOLDROYD Hannah     B Firth 1832 12 09  
22 4 Saml COLLINS Birstal 1832 11 29 son David COLLINS Mary     Benj Firth 1833 01 13  
23 1 Wm TURNER Birstall 1832 12 20 son     Sarah FARRER   Benj Firth 1832 02 10 baptised before born!
23 2 Caratherine KELLETT Birstall 1835 01 23 dau Joseph KELLETT Sarah     Benj Firth 1835 04 05  
23 3 John KELLETT Birstall 1835 03 01 son Richd KELLETT Mary     B Firth 1835 05 25  
23 4 Dorothy HOPKINSON Birstall 1835 09 16 dau John HOPKINSON Hannah     Benj Firth 1835 10 04  
24 1 Thomas HOPKINSON Birstall 1835 09 16 son Joseph HOPKINSON Dorothy     B Firth 1835 10 26  
24 2 Hannah THORNTON Birstall 1836 02 17 dau Josh THORNTON Hannah     Benj Firth 1836 05 15  
24 3 Levi HOPKINSON Birstall 1836 04 12 son Ricd HOPKINSON Martha     Benj Firth 1836 05 20  
24 4 Henry BARKER Birstall 1836 10 11 son     Nancy BARKER   Benj Firth 1836 11 01  
25 1 Ann BIRKBY Birstall 01 13 dau Richard BIRKBY Mary     Benj Firth 1837 05 04  
25 2 Joseph EASTWOOD Birstall 1837 02 03 son Joseph EASTWOOD Hannah   Wyke Benj Firth 1837 05 07  
25 3 Nancy PEARSON Birstall 1837 04 26 dau John PEARSON Susannah     Benj Firth 1837 05 26  
25 4 Ann WRIGHT North Bierley 1837 05 14 dau George WRIGHT Hannah     Benj Firth 1837 08 14  
26 1 Mary Ann BROOKE Birstall 1837 06 20 dau Josh BROOKE Ann   Wyke Benj Firth 1837 08 06  
26 2 Mary HOLDSWORTH Halifax 1836 05 13 dau John HOLDSWORTH Mary   Bailiff Bridge Benj Firth 1836 06 23  

 

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