Thanks, Derek. Elizabeth Hooper > > > Subject: [ BRAD] Re: ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-D Digest > Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 17:04:01 +1000 > From: "johnhooper@ansonic.com.au" <johnhooper@ansonic.com.au> > To: ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com > > G'day all, > > Was Shipley the place people from the Thornton / Allerton area went for marriage in the early 1830's rather than Bradford, please?? Many thanks. > > Elizabeth Hooper > s.w. Victoria, Australia > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [ BRAD] FWD: Thornton Parish Church,Bradford. > Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 13:06:12 +0100 > From: "derek deShelfe" <derekdeShelfe1@activemail.co.uk> > To: ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com > > __________ > > Hi Elizabeth, > I very much doubt if people in Thornton & Allerton went to Shipley to get > married,as an alternative to Bradford Parish Church.There is a large church > IN > Thornton itself,the Parish Church of [I think] St.Andrew's.The records of > this church,for baptisms,marriages & burials go back to 1678 ! > Cheers-------Derek.