My earliest BLAND ancestor was John Laycock Bland, born in Baildon, Yorkshire in 1827 the son of the "single woman" Sarah Bland. Ancestry has a record of a Sally Bland receiving £1 "previous to filiation" awarded by a Bingley & Haworth court, in 1827. Presumably this was to tide her over until the father could be established and made to pay up. Baildon came under Otley parish and I can't find any reference to a court in Bingley or Haworth. I would like to find out whether there was an actual court case involving the supposed father. Can anyone advise on what court was involved in such cases and how to follow them up? Ancestry doesn't have anything else relating to this Sally Bland as far as I can see.