Dade Registers

The following source list was originally available only on paper in one of the West Yorkshire Archive Service offices. It may have been compiled many years ago and could be out of date. It was designed to act as a signpost to records of interest on a particular historical subject, but may relate only to one West Yorkshire district, or be an incomplete list of sources available. Please feel free to add or update with any additional information.

Dade registers are named after Reverend William Dade, a Yorkshire clergyman, who saw the importance of writing down as much information about his parishioners in the parish registers as possible. Dade's idea was adopted by a number of parishes in the Diocese of York between around 1770 and 1812 which meant that for a brief period the parish registers contain more detailed entries than usual. So called 'Dade registers' are therefore a style of register rather than a different set of registers. Further information on the history of Dade registers can be seen on Wikipedia

Only a few parishes covered by the West Yorkshire Archive Service include Dade style registers, namely:

• Adel
• Badsworth
• Bardsey
• Barwick in Elmet
• Batley
• Headingley
• Kirkburton
• Kirkbymoorside
• Pannal
• Pudsey
• Spofforth
• Swillington