Hebden Baptisms

Hebden is a township in the parish of Linton, with the parish church St Michael and All Angels being accessed on a footpath which crosses the fields to Linton Stepping Stones. Burnsall, however, was a lot closer for some living in the township, and many chose to worship at St. Wilfred's instead. In 1841 a Chapel of Ease, St. Michael's, was built in Hebden. The following is an incomplete list of all those in the baptisms registers of Linton and Burnsall who were recorded as being from Hebden, and a list of entries in the Hebden baptism register.

It should be remembered that Hebden was a strongly non-conformist village (about 90% in the 1870s), so many families will not be represented in the parish records. A few Independent and Wesleyan Methodist records have been tracked down, and these have been included.

The Linton registers are readily available from 1779 to 1910, but the period from 1562 is also available, and is currently being transcribed. The home township of the child was only recorded from 1627, and it is suspected that the curate often failed to record it even after then. The Burnsall parish registers are available from 1813 to 1915. The Hebden Parish Register includes baptisms from 1841 to 1912. There was a hiatus when baptisms were recorded in the Linton register, which have not been transcribed. Recordings in the Hebden registers continued in 1952.

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