Parish Records of Market Weighton Finding Aid PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) MARKET WEIGHTON Harthill D. (E.11.) Now deanery of Weighton 1 - 15 Parish registers [see also 66, 85-86] 21' Register A 1553-1668 '2- Register B 1669-1737 burials to 1688 only (contains at end copy of declaration made by Robert Hall, parish clerk, in penance for disturbing congregation, 1700) -Register C burials 1678-1772 (1669-1678 are duplicates of entries in 2) Register D burials 1773-1812 (contains at the front historical notes on the advowson, the parish, the bells, and lists of the vicars and the prebendaries of Weighton; at the back lists of confirmation candidates 1858-1863, numbers of communicants etc. 1858-1884) - Register E baptisms 1738-1794 marriages 1738-1754 ,,,J6 Register F baptisms 1795-1812 (note at front on 1837 confirmation) Register G baptisms 1813-Apr. 1843 Register H baptisms Apr. 1843-Jan. 1889 (contains at front information on augmentations of the vicarage and account of benefice income, 1858, 1863, petition against a vagrant office 1849, circular from the Registration Agency Office, 1855; and at end note on payment of dividends, restoration of the church with newspaper account of its re-opening 1871, note on new parish of Shiptonthorpe 1876 and circulars for missions held in 1873, 1874) marriages 1754-1796 ,19„- Register J marriages 1796-1812 (including marriages in Shipton chapel 1754-1769) (contains in front notes on church improvements 1858-1884) 1---Register K marriages 1813-1837 _12 Register L burials 1813-June 1858 13 -Register M burials June 1858-Dec. 1913 (contains in front regulations for burial grounds with notes on new burial ground; and at end plan of new burial ground 1859, notes on new communion table 1881, restoration of Shiptonthorpe church 1883, new cemetery 1887 and circulars for mission held in 1874) cont... PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) cont. MARKET WEIGHTON M/W „kir- Register N burials Feb. 1914-Jan. 1960 43- Register marriages Sep.1837-Dec. 1881 16 - 19 Churchwardens' accounts 167 1681-1784 1784-1835 -,=1,8' 1835-1903 „19--1903-1949 20 Overseers of the poor assessments book 1783-1821 21 Guardians accounts: receipts and disbursements 1806-1822 [and] money orders issued and paid 1845-1848 Charities account book 1865-1902 (contains list of parish charities at front) 23 J Confirmation register 1899-1908, 1932-1941 24 - 26 Minutes of parochial church council [see also 87-88] A24-- 1920-1933 7:- 1933-1949 ,245-- 1949-1963 27 Minutes of British and Foreign Bible Society, Market Weighton auxiliary 1927-1961 28- Copy of the Award of the Commissioners for dividing and enclosing several open fields and commons or waste lands in the manor of Market Weighton with Shipton in the county of York. York, Peacock [printed], 1807 29zz Terriers 1 1817 2 1853 (typed) 3 1857 4 1861 5 1865 Faculties and other papers concerning All Saints church 1 estimate and particulars concerning fitting stove and piping, by William Cronkill 12 Dec. 1835 2-6 plan, specification, agreement, estimate and letter concerning alterations to pews and interior fittings 1859-60 cont PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) cont.. MARKET WEIGHTON M/W Faculties and other papers concerning All Saints church cont. 7 resolutions concerning alterations to interior of church 28 Jan.1869 8 letter from J.B. & William Atkinson, architects, concerning tenders for work to be done 28 Nov. 1870 9 plan of gas pipes in church n.d. [1870 or 1897?] 10-21 plan, list of subscribers and accounts for the reflooring of the chancel in black and white marble in commemmoration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee 1897 22-26 faculty papers for stained glass window in memory of Arthur Lewis April-May 1902 27 order of service for unveiling and dedication of east window in memory of Rev. R.D. French* 25 June 1903 28 rough inventory of church furnishings n.d. 29-33 specification and estimates for coke store on north side of church June 1951 34-39 letters concerning church bells and clock 1950-55 BY Vicarage house Counterpart mortgage deed from Bounty Office for making improvements in vicarage, with accompanying letter 1 June, 15 Sept. 1944 Charities papers relating to various parish charities, mainly official correspondence from Charity Commissioners 1-8 Dorothy Barker's charity 1858-1882 9 Constable's charity 26 Nov. 1863 10-15 William Blackburn's charity 1865-1876 16-22 Ann Pulleine's charity 1875-1876 23-29 Smithson, Breighton and other charities 1875-1876 30-35 Eliza TUcker's charity 1875-1876 36-41 Evelyn Morehouse's legacy 1938-1943 42-48 general 1873-1912 also memorial fund account book 1899-1902 cont PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) cont. MARKET WEIGHTON mrn Charities papers relating to the Church Estate 1-17 official papers and correspondence with the Charity Commissioners 1824-1883 18-49 approval of'trustees 1865-1957 50-54 correspondence concerning sale of property at rear of school 1939 55-87 papers, plans and correspondence concerning Church Farm: buildings, improvements, tenancy agreements 1897-1957 88-97 correspondence and valuation of Hatfield's Shop, High Street 1951-1957 98 accounts and bills 1952-1958 Glebe land and buildings 1 Weighton and Shipton drainage and navigation assessment 5 May 1868 2 lease of close of land on Weighton Common 7 Jan. 1880 3, 4 2 letters concerning grants towards the extension of the church hall from the York Diocesan Board of Finance 27 Jan. 30 Apr. 1938 5 licence relating to church hall 4 May 1951 6-8 letters and plan from H.M. Office of Works requesting sale of plot of land adjacent to church hall for telephone exchange Mar. 1938 9, 10 letter and plan concerning Vestry Clerk's land 28 Jan. 1957 11 letter from Allard Knitwear Co.Ltd. enquiring about the possibility of buying land in Holme Road 14 Mar. 1956 Sale plan of the outlying portions of the Londesborough estates in the parishes of Middleton on the Wolds, North Dalton, Shipton, Market Weighton, Goodmanham, Nunburnholme Walton and Hutton Cranswick 18 Mar. 1921 cant.... PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) cont. MARKET WEIGHTON M/W 36 (roll) North Eastern Railway: Market Weighton to Beverley: so much of the plans, sections and book of reference as relates to the parish of Market Weighton Nov. 1861 37 (roll) 'A Plan of the Town of Market Weighton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, surveyed and published by William Watson' 1 May 1848 [with S.E. view of church, alphabetical list of streets and names of owners and tenants] 38 Tithe award: Market Weighton and Shipton (roll) 22 April 1846 with maps: A map of the titheable land in the parish of Market Weighton (with the exception of a certain farm called the Arras), by W.B. Plummer A Survey and plan of the Ancient Inclosure of the Township of Shipton in the parish of Market Weighton 39 Tithe award: hamlet of Arras, pa. Market Weighton 12 Mar. 1846 with map: Arras Estate in the parish of Market Weighton (roll) E.R. York, belonging to Constable Maxwell Esq. 40 (1-49) Correspondence between Messrs Parker & Weddall, Selby, the Rev. C.R. Winpenny, vicar of Market Weighton, the Tithe Commissioners and others concerning the commutation of tithes on the Arras estate belonging to Constable Maxwell 1840-1842 41 Miscellaneous papers relating to benefice income 1 copy of resolution passed by Ecclesiastical Commissioners concerning policy over Augmentations 27 June 1841 2-7 correspondence concerning sale of prebendal estate 1846-1853 8 request for affidavit to receive dividends 27 July 1852 9 an Act further to amend the Acts relating to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and the Act concerning the management of Episcopal and Capitular Estates in England 28 Aug. 1860 10-12 Copies of London Gazette containing orders for augmentation of benefice 28 May 1858 20 Nov.1863 8 Aug.1865 13,14 letter from Ecclesiastical Commissioners, with form, on Quarterly Payments Scheme Mar. 1939 15-18 correspondence concerning stock for chancel repairs under Tithe Act, 1936 1941-54 PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) cant... MARKET WEIGHTON 1 Miscellaneous papers relating to benefice income cont. 19,21 assessments under Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures 1942-61 22 letter from Inspector of Taxes concerning Churchyard Fund 29 July 1946 23 statement from Church Commissioners concerning stock held 29 Apr. 1948 24 extract from. London Gazette 30 Oct. 1917 of grant of yearly stipend for endowment 18 Oct. 1917 1 Electoral Roll 1920-35 2 Visiting list and plans Mar. 1943 26--- Miscellaneous parish papers 1 rough historical notes from Torre's MSS 2 notes on the parish registers by the Rev. Jas. Foxley 3 an Act to amend the Law relating to Promissory Oaths 31 July 1868 4 the Office for the Admission of a priest to the Cure of Souls 5 a pastoral letter from the Archbishop of York Lent 1949 6,7 lists of committee members n.d. 1950 8,9 notes for the archdeacon's visitation May 1951 Miscellaneous parish bills and accounts 1 account book 1943-51 2 payments to missions 1949 3 bills and accounts 1951-2 4 bills and accounts 1955 5 bills and accounts 1956 6 bills and accounts 1957 5. Roll of Honour for the 1914-18 War 46>-. Parish Magazines 1 1900-1908 1900 Sep. cont.... PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) cont. MARKET WEIGHTON M/W Parish Magazines cont. 1 1902 Sep. Dec. 1903 Jan.-Mar. May-July Sep. Oct. Dec. 1904 Jan.-Dec. 1905 Jan.-Aug. Oct.-Dec. 1907 Jan.-June Aug. Nov. 1908 Jan. June Aug. Sep. 2 1920-1925 1920 June Oct.