Source Information

Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Estate Rentals, 1380-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Nostell Priory (Winn Family), Barons St. Oswald, Family and Estate Records [13th-20th century]. WYW1352/C4/2/1–13. West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Studley Royal Estate, Deeds, etc. (addnl.) [1731–1966]. WYL150/5455-60, 5463–69, 5472–77, 5479–82, 5484–93, 5495–96. West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Temple Newsam Family and Estate Records [1271–1936]. WYL100/AW/VIII/1–11; BL/B/0–8; BS/B; EA/15/1–30; HC/C/5; HX/B/4/1–4; KN/E/3; SH/B3/1–42. West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

About West Yorkshire, England, Estate Rentals, 1380-1932

This collection features rental and other records primarily from three West Yorkshire estates: Temple Newsam, Studley Royal, and Nostell Priory. Records include rents books, lists of servants, account and expense books, receipts, and similar items. You’ll find names, dates, places, and sometimes duties and hiring details for servants.

These records are image only and can be browsed by manor. They end in 1932 for privacy reasons.