West Yorkshire, England, Select Apprenticeship Records, 1627-1894

This collection contains records of people being bound as apprentices to masters in West Yorkshire, England, for the years 1627-1894. You’ll find both indentures and registers of indentures amongst the records. There are gaps in the collection, where records have either not survived or have not been deposited.

Records may contain a number of details about the apprentice, his or her family, and master. These may include the following:

• apprentice’s name
• age
• father’s name
• mother’s name
• master’s name
• date
• residence(s)
• terms of indenture
• trade