The site covers family trees of various families connected with the village of Brotherton, Yorkshire; mainly during the 18th and 19th centuries. I have said simply Yorkshire because the divisions or ridings of the county have varied over time. Today it is part of North Yorkshire but that is a relatively recent change and in the period covered by these family histories it was very much part of West Yorkshire. Location map on Google>> | Location map on MultiMap>> | Location map on StreetMap>>

Most of these family lines have not been researched in detail but have been loaded onto the Internet to help other researchers. The information has been collected while tracing my own Townsley family through the village records. If you find your family here and have any changes then see the additions or corrections page.

There is still much that needs to be done on the Brotherton families - with more pages to be added covering family trees, photographs and archives - given enough spare time! Much of what I have collected has been through the work of other researchers; many of whom have shared their results on the web. Thanks to them all.

There is also a demand for more info about Brotherton village and its people - both past and present. So if any authors of Brotherton local history would be happy to have their works published here then could they please get it touch.

Hope that you find something helpful to your research
Brian Townsley

Latest Updates -

3-Feb-2010 New page for Greenwood added
8-Sep-2009 New World War 1 Awards page and updates to War Memorial page
3-Jul-2009 Updates to Acaster page
18-Jun-2009 Updates to Towell page
28-May-2009 Updates to Bramham page with links to Eastwood, Rockett, Wales and Watson. Also minor update to War Memorial page
3-May-2009 Updates to Cardwell page with links to Chadwick, Hodgson, Maskill and Townsley
17-Apr-2009 Updates to Wake page with links to Maskill, Townsley, Thirkill and Watson
11-Apr-2009 New photos for Watson and Village Buildings pages
20-Mar-2009 New second page for Watson with links to Campbell, Eastwood, Grace, Hodgson, Hunter, Jolliffe, Renton, Sykes, Townsley, Wake and Wetherill
9-Mar-2009 Updates to Maskill page with links to Cardwell, Hodgson, Veich, Thirkill, Wake, Watmough, Wetherill and Wilson
14-Feb-2009 Updates to Rockett page with links to Bramham, Eastwood, Hargrave, Hodgson, Hunter, Ingleson, Jolliffe, Pickering, Pindar, Sykes, Wadsworth, Watson, Wetherill and Wilson
9-Feb-2009 New pages for Townsley family
4-Feb-2009 Updates to Hunter page with links to Airey, Grace, Hargrave, Hartley, Hodgson, Mattison, Pickering, Renton, Rhodes, Rockett, Townsley, Wadsworth, Wales and Watson
17-Jan-2009 The England & Wales Census for 1911 is now online more..
10-Jan-2009 Updates to Mattison page with links to Chadwick, Hodgson, Hunter and Renton
8-Jan-2009 Updates to Renton page with links to Grace, Hargrave, Hunter, Mattison, Sykes, Townsley and Watson
6-Jan-2009 Updates to Grace page with links to Campbell, Chadwick, Hunter, Jolliffe, Maskill, Pickering, Renton, Simpson and Watson
9-Sep-2008 More updates to Wadsworth page with links to Bridgland, Eastwood, Hargrave, Hunter, Hutchinson, Jolliffe, Pickering, Sykes, Thirkill, Towell and Townsley
23-Aug-2008 Updates to Chadwick page with links to Byram, Cardwell, Eastwood, Grace, Hodgson, Townsley, Veitch, Wales, Watmough, Watson, Wilson and Woodall
22-Aug-2008 Updates to Mattison page with links to Chadwick, Hunter and Renton
19-Aug-2008 Updates to Hargrave page with links to Rockett, Simpson and Townsley
31-Jul-2008 More updates to Byram page
25-Jul-2008 Updates to Byram page with links to Chadwick, Eastwood, Wadsworth and Wetherill
18-Jul-2008 Updates to Sykes page with links to Airey, Campbell, Hawksworth, Lazenby, Liversidge, Renton and Watson
17-Jul-2008 Updates to Hodgson page with links to Bramham, Cardwell, Chadwick, Eastwood, Hargarves, Hawksworth, Hunter, Jolliffe, Rockett, Simpson, Townsley, Wadsworth, Wales, Watson and Wilson
2-Jun-2008 Updates to Chadwick page with links to Byram, Cardwell, Eastwood, Grace, Hodgson, Townsley, Veitch, Wadsworth, Wales, Watmough, Watson, Wilson and Woodall
1-Jun-2008 Updates to Wilson page with links to Chadwick, Watmough, Veitch, Woodall, Townsley, Eastwood, Wales, Rockett, Hodgson, Hargraves and War Memorial
30-May-2008 Updates to Hawksworth page with links to Simpson, Pickering, Wetherill, Woodall, Townsley and Sykes
15-Apr-2008 Updates to Liversidge page
5-Apr-2008 Updates to Acaster page
19-Mar-2008 New page for Bailiff family
5-Mar-2008 Updates to Wetherill page
22-Feb-2008 Updates to Towell page
9-Feb-2008 Updates to Liversidge page
8-Feb-2008 Updates to Wake page
25-Jan-2008 Updates to Chadwick page
22-Jan-2008 Updates to Lazenby and Maskill pages
19-Jan-2008 Updates to Bridgland and Liversidge pages
18-Jan-2008 Updates to Veitch page
17-Jan-2008 Updates to Pindar and Watmough pages
4-Jan-2008 Updates to Jolliffe and Wilson pages

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