The Present State of the Mannor of Wakefield in the County of York Belonging to his Grace the Duke of Leeds, in the Year 1709
Yorkshire Archaeological Society transcription of Wakefield Manor Book 1709.
Author: John Charlesworth
Date: 1709
Location: Wakefield
Format: Manor Court Roll
Document ID: 100635
Library ID: 929.3YOR
Includes a rundown of the extent of the manor and its antiquity, the "Succession of the Lords of the Mannor", the "Names of The Towns, Villages and Hamlets within the Mannor", a list of "Inferior Lords", "The Constableries" within the manor, a list of "Freeholders within the Said Constableries" incl. Halifax, Sowerby, Skircoat, Ovenden, Warley, Wadsworth, Midgley, Rushworth [Rishworth?] cum Norland, Stansfield, Langfield, Heptonstall, Erringden, Hipperholme cum Brighouse, Rastrick, Fixby, Northowram, Shelf, Hartshead, Stainland and Barkisland.
Taken from "Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Vol CI (101): Wakefield Manor Book, 1709". Published in 1939.
