I agreewith Roger's and Roy's responses. As a further possibility, I wonder if Carole's query should include the fact that there were also noncomformist congregations in all these towns and their places of worship were called, usually, chapels. I take this opening, by way of illustration, to mention again my clerical ancestor, Robert Webster, who came from Beverley, became a deacon, then a curate at Walkington 1757, followed by Hull Holy Trinity and rector of Thorpe Bassett. At some point he had a temporary curacy at Skidby, which was a chapel of the parish of Cottingham. Bill On Fri 08/06/12 8:01 PM , Roger Gill roger.d.gill@btinternet.com sent: Hi Carole A search on Google reveals the following as part of the Leicestershire Resources site: http://www.mdlp.co.uk/resources/glossary.htm [1] 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. Chapel of Ease: These were provided for the ease and comfort of those living some distance from the main parish church. Many served the dual purpose of Chantry Chapels and were served by the monasteries. Marriages and christenings as well as other services could be performed but few enjoyed the rights of sepulchra (burial). Many chapels of ease were abolished in 1547 by the chantries act. Chapelry: Anciently a term reserved for the daughter church of a Minster but frequently used post reformation to describe a section of a large parish sometimes with a resident priest subordinate to the incumbent. Note that a chapelry need not have a surviving chapel of ease to function. Upton a chapelry of Sibson and Sheepy Parva a Chapelry of Sheepy Magna, both in Leicestershire, were classified as chapelries with their own Tithes and Poor Rate but no documentary evidence of either chapel has been found after the 16th century. 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 [2] http://rogergill.me.uk [3] > >This gal over in the colonies seems some help. > >In Stainland, were the Chapelry of Stainland and the Chapel >of Ease one and the same? > >Thanks. > >Carole > > ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html [4]; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org [5]; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com [6]; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Links: ------ [1] http://webmail-old.internode.on.net/parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdlp.co.uk%2Fresources%2Fglossary.htm [2] http://webmail-old.internode.on.net/parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roger.d.gill.btinternet.co.uk%2Findex1gen.htm [3] http://webmail-old.internode.on.net/parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Frogergill.me.uk [4] http://webmail-old.internode.on.net/parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.genuki.org.uk%2Fbig%2Feng%2FYKS%2Findex.html [5] http://webmail-old.internode.on.net/parse.php?redirect=http://www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org [6] http://webmail-old.internode.on.net/parse.php?redirect=http://www.yorkshireparishregisters.com