>> I had the same issue at Elland which, with Stainland, is in the >> ancient parish of Halifax. The Parish church in Halifax is classed >> as a Minster, which, fits with the description below, taken from >> that website. I believe both terms refer to the same >> establishment.< > > .....snip history..... > > Since the Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Halifax, was only designated as > a Minster in > 2009, the ancient terms to which you refer would hardly seem to apply. > > Here's what the National Index of Parish Registers Volume 11 Part 3 > Yorkshire West Riding > (published by the SoG) has to say about Stainland..... > > "HALIFAX St Andrew, Stainland. Township of Stainland in Halifax. From 1724 > formed part of > Elland. Church erected 1754-5 as nonconformist chapel; became C of E 1840. > Separate > parish 1843 from Elland. [Then follows a list of where the registers are but > they only appear > to date from 1782] > > "HALIFAX St Mary Magdalene, Outlane, Stainland. Daughter church of > Stainland St Andrew." > > Under Elland, the NIPR explains that the parish of St Mary with St Michael, > Elland, was > created in 1724 from the chapelries of Elland and Rastrick in Halifax "and > various townships > including Barkisland, Elland-with-Greetland, Stainland and Fixby". Elland > also had another > church, all Saints, a daughter church of St Mary. > > I should perhaps explain that Halifax is one of the most difficult places to > research in because > it was once the largest parish in England, extending from the outskirts of > Bradford to the > Lancashire border at Todmorden, with no fewer than 23 townships, virtually all > with their own > daughter churches or chapelries. > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: > www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE   Roy Many thanks for this useful info Regards Roger Family History Research: GILL, BERRY, CHARLESWORTH, ROBINSON and many others in the Holme Valley, south of Huddersfield. http://www.roger.d.gill.btinternet.co.uk/index1gen.htm http://rogergill.me.uk

I have been desperately looking for my Elizabeth GILL for many years. Elizabeth married Thomas ROBINSON and became my Gx3 Grandmother in Stockport, Cheshire on 28 Jun 1836. Elizabeth and Thomas then went to live in Dukinfield/Ashton Under Lyne and had 2 children, Henry and Jane. Elizabeth is given as "Betty" on the 1851 and states her birthplace as "Stainland" and her age as 40 (1811) but I've never been able to find anything else...can anyone else please? Many thanks ~ Claire