I cannot say which place is best to see the records that you are looking for, but Bradford central library has an archive, part of the West Yorkshire Archives Service (WYAS), so may be able to help. Otherwise it may be best to contact the main WYAS centre in Wakefield. Both Clayton and Queensbury (see below) have their own Parish Churches and lots of chapels of various types. However I can comment on the "Dolphin" item. I used to live at Clayton Heights in Bradford. The village of Clayton is next to where I lived, but with Clayton Heights being some 300ft higher up the hill. Nearby is the township of Queensbury, which boasts two "Dolphin" Public Houses, both on the same road (the A647), but at opposite sides of the township. The first, and oldest is "The Old Dolphin" (which used to be my local) and the other is "The New Dolphin" about a mile away. The Old Dolphin is actually in Scarlet Heights, supposedly so called because of a (Civil War - War of the Roses??) battle nearby. The area near to the Old Dolphin and Scarlet Heights may well have been referred to as "Dolphin" in the past, but more recently would have been taken as part of Queensbury, which used to be and Urban District Council in its own right. It is also possible that the area near "The New Dolphin" was also referred to as "Dolphin" but I think the "Old Dolphin"/Scarlet Heights area is much more likely. Map centered on Clayton is at http://g.co/maps/recf9 Map centered on Old Dolphin is at http://g.co/maps/7egsr Map centered on New Dolphin is at http://g.co/maps/9nrv3 If you select any of the maps and zoom out you will see the how they relate to each other. I hope some of this may help. Tony Carroll =================================================================== On 12 October 2011 16:15, Jenny & Ian Parker <ij@iandjparker.f9.co.uk>wrote: > > I am visiting West Riding soon and would be grateful for any guidance on > which record centre is best to find the baptisms for births in Clayton, or > possibly more specifically, Dolphin and which churches to research. > > My 2nd great grandmother Mary Robinson married Alfred Boyes in 1857 and her > father was not recorded on the marriage record or certificate. > > In 1841 aged 10 she is a 'lodger' at the home of John Shaw and his wife > Nancy (nee Robinson) who is aged 30. Also lodging there are Hannah Robinson > aged 15 and Samuel Robinson aged 12. > > In 1851 Mary is a 'lodger' with Hannah who is then married to Joseph > Houldsworth. Hannah's marriage certificate states her father was Samuel > Robinson, a collier. > > Subsequent censuses show Mary was born in Clayton, and 1861 states Dolphin. > > It seems to me that my only hope of getting any further is to find the > baptisms of Mary, Samuel, Hannah and Nancy to find out how they are related. > > Thank you in advance for any advice or help on how to solve this mystery, > > Jenny Parker > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >