Sheffield Parish Churches

Records for the Parish of Sheffield are available from 1560. The Parish church of St Peter and St Paul (now the Cathedral) had two chapelries - Attercliffe cum Darnall and Ecclesall Bierlow. As the parish grew, the chapelries became establishes churches in their own right, and from each of them, other parishes were created as the need arose.

The original parish registers in most cases can be found in Sheffield Archives, with copies on microfilm being available for many of the churches through the Latter Day Saints Family History Centres around the world. More details regarding the availability of Sheffield Parish registers and the dates covered can be found in The small guide to the parishes in the Sheffield area - published by the Society and available through postal sales. Copies can also be purchased from the Society bookstall at local meeting and fairs.

The Million Act
During the reign of George III (1760 -1820) there became a distinct lack of church accommodation in England. In 1818 a parliamentary grant of £1,000,000 was given for church building to which another £500,000 was added in 1817. From this grant the "Church Building Society" was formed. Including the £1,500,000 granted by parliament a total of around £9,000,000 was spent on the building of new churches and the extension of many others. Grants under the "Million" act were placed in the hands of the church commissioners. Sheffield benefited from the "Million" act with grants being made for the building of four of the town's largest churches. Christ Church, Attercliffe - 1826, St George's - 1825, St Mary's Bramall Lane - 1830 and St Philip's, Shalesmoor - 1828. Details of many other Sheffield churches can be found below. For details of burial transcriptions completed by the Society see Transcription Projects and Postal Publications.

Details of many other churches can be found below

• All Saints Brightside

• Christ Church Fulwood

• Christ Church Pitsmoor

• Christ Church, Stannington

• Chrict Church, Wadsley Bridge & Hillsbrough

• St Augustine's, Broco Bank

• St Barnabas, Highfield

• St Bernard's, Southy Green

• St Cecilia's, Parson Cross

• St Cuthbert, Firvale

• St James, Norton

• St James Sheffield

• St John The Baptist, Owlerton

• St John the Evangelist -Ranmoor

• St George, Portobello

• St Leonard's, Norwood

• St Mary, Bolsterstone

• St Mary's Bramall Lane

• St Mary, Ecclesfield

• St Mary, Walkley

• St Nicholas, Bradfield

• St Paul's Church Sheffield

• St Peter & St Paul Sheffield Cathedral

• St Philip's Shalesmoor

• St Polycarp's, Malin Bridge

• Wadsley Church