Parish Records of Riccall

Finding Aid PARISH RECORDS (on deposit)

RICCALL Bulmer D. (ER) now deanery of Escrick

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1-8 Parish registers. [see also 30, 150-151, 176]

1 1669-1812. (marriages to 1753 only)

2 baptisms 1813- 9 Aug. 1851. (list of vicars 1818-1901 in front cover)

3 baptisms 16 Aug. 1851 - 1893.

4 marriages 1813-1836.

5 marriages 1837- 7 Aug. 1939. (9 licences, inserted loose)

6 marriages 12 Aug. 1939 - 1964. (a certificate of banns inserted loose)

7 burials 1813 - 7 May 1865.

8 burials 11 May 1865 - 1916. (8 death certificates, inserted loose)

9-12 Banns registers.

9 1823-1867.

10 1867-1906.

11 1906-1940.

12 1940-1967.

13-18 Service registers. [also see 28, 32]

13 1902-1908.

14 1908-1915.

15 1924-1932.

1 Deposited 1965; 2-8 Deposited Oct. 1969; 9-25 Deposited June 1980; 28-29 Deposited July 1987; 30-150 Deposited Nov. 1989; 151 Deposited Nov. 1992. 152 Deposited Feb. 1994; 153-175 Deposited Apr. 1994; 176-179 Deposited Jan. 1996; 180-192 Deposited 1998; 1993-1999 Deposited July 2000. PARISH RECORDS (on deposit)

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13-18 Service registers. (continued)

16 1932-1944.

17 1944-1951.

18 1961-1967.

19 Terrier and inventory 1899. (later annotations) [see also 53]

20 Faculties for reserved grave spaces 1943-1966. (28 items) [see also 62-67]

21 Apprentice and dole money accounts 1857-1898. (with notes of leases of ‘Poor’s Close’ and other lands). [see also 68-78]

22 Fabric and choir accounts 1914-1924.

23-24 PCC minute books. [see also 29, 117-138, 152, 153]

23 1950-1966.

24 1966-1973.

25 Correspondence concerning expenses of vicarage house 1965-1977.

26 Photograph album of Jubilee Day Gala 1977.

27 The Parish Church of St Mary, Riccall, Rev. E. James (1972). [see also 59]

28 Service register 1968-1985. [see also 13-18, 33]

29 PCC minutes 1973-1979. [see also 23-4, 117-138, 152, 153]

30 Parish register of marriages 1964-1989. [see also 1-8, 30, 150-151, 176]

31 Offertory account book 1874-1901.

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32 Free-will offering ledger 1939-1946.

33 Register of services Jan. 1952 - Dec. 1960. [see also 13-18, 28]

34-41 Photographs.

34 choir, names on reverse May 1886.

35 gentleman in garden, possibly Rev. Hyde 1907.

36 St Mary’s church, Riccall 1963.

37 interiors of church n.d.

38 family group n.d.

39 church in process of building work n.d. (poss. 1864-5)

40 church and war memorial n.d.

41 drawing ‘Another Christ’ n.d.

42-61 the Church.

42 copy of letter of Dowager Lady Wenlock re rebuilding of Riccall church tower 1864.

43 letter from Ecclesiastical Commission re installation of stained glass window and new seating in church 1906.

44 faculty re stained glass window to commemorate Ada Jane Horner July 1931.

45 correspondence with G. Mailie and Son re stained glass window to commemorate Miss Farrow, organist and Sunday School teacher 1949-1950.

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42-61 the Church. (continued)

46 correspondence re repairs to church roof 1937-1938.

47 correspondence and faculties re repairs and refurbishment of church 1906- 1960.

48 correspondence re installation of electric blower for organ in memory of George Daniel 1948.

49 correspondence re repair and tuning of organ 1964.

50 correspondence re mending church clock 1962-1963.

51 correspondence re installation of central heating in church 1946-1947.

52 inventory of St Mary’s church, Riccall 1861.

53 Riccall terrier 1876. [see also 19]

54 correspondence re sale of Riccall glebe to Mr Tomlinson 1927.

55 correspondence with George Pace, architect appointed by diocese to inspect church 1950-1958.

56 correspondence between Rev. E. James and Archbishop of York, Bishop of Selby and Dean of York re 800th anniversary celebration of Riccall church 1948.

57 appeals from Rev. E. James to parishioners re Gift Day and weekly envelopes for maintenance and extension of church n.d.

58 correspondence and lists of subscribers for Restoration Fund Sep. 1948 - Nov. 1950.

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42-61 the Church. (continued)

59 manuscript description of history of church of St Mary the Virgin, Riccall n.d. [see also 27]

60 correspondence with incumbent re history of church and personal family histories 1948, 1965.

61 correspondence re supplies of parish magazine and other printed material to Riccall church 1962-1965.

62-67 Churchyard. [see also 20]

62 correspondence re churchyard extensions 1944, 1955, 1963, 1964.

63 correspondence with Diocesan Registry re church burial fees 1951-1953.

64 correspondence and faculties re reservation of grave space in churchyard 1956-1958.

65 correspondence with PCC re maintenance of churchyard 1962.

66 correspondence with Diocesan Registry re removal of children’s pews and a storage hut in churchyard 1963-1964.

67 fragment of letter enclosing list of names of occupiers of land adjoining the churchyard fence c. 1730.

68-78 Charities. [see also 21]

68 address book of applicants for charity and needy persons in village n.d. Transferred to Old Malton parish records, PR O/MAL 90/5, on 8 December 1999. 69 minutes of meetings of trustees of Riccall charities including list of recipients of grants from apprentice fund 1903-1944.

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68-78 Charities. (continued)

70 accounts and papers of Riccall parochial charities 1903-1963.

71 correspondence with Charity Commission 1882-1904, 1928.

72 accounts and papers of Riccall apprentice fund 1906-1931.

73 letters applying for coal, money and bread charities 1938-1938.

74 account book of Elizabeth Wilson’s charity 1917-1926.

75 bread list giving names of recipients 1924-1926.

76 account book and papers of Lady Howard’s charity 1917-1926.

77 correspondence re drainage of charity land at Gregmire Close 1951-1952.

78 letter from Cecil Amos, headmaster of Blue Coat School, York, in receipt of money for tuition of Eric Hall from J.C. Horner 1931.

79-98 School.

79 correspondence re appointment of staff at Riccall parochial school 1905- 1929.

80 correspondence re appointment of staff at Riccall council school 1930- 1950.

81 official communication to school and managers from East Riding Education Authority and County Council 1907-1917.

82 reports on school’s standard of religious instruction 1909-1916.

83 reports from medical inspections of school children 1916-1925.

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79-98 School. (continued)

84 correspondence re schoolmaster’s house 1902-1928.

85 correspondence re land owned by Riccall parochial school 1863-1931.

86 correspondence from headmaster and others re closure of school for holidays and other school business 1915-1932.

87 correspondence re letting school buildings for non-scholastic activities 1917-1931.

88 letter to school managers from headmaster re expulsion 1925.

89 papers of school managers re maintenance and cleaning of school 1917- 1931.

90 school managers’ minute book and papers 1924-1930.

91 school managers’ accounts 1924-1925.

92 papers relating to Riccall school endowment and charity 1882-1928.

93 correspondence re suggested closure of Riccall parochial school and the building of a new council school 1925-1928.

94 report by H.M. inspectors on Riccall County Council School 1957.

95 Riccall Educational Foundation accont book 1931-1951.

96 Sunday School accounts and correspondence 1927-1945, 1951.

97 Fulford Voluntary Primary School syllabus for infants’ department Jan. 1947.

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79-98 School. (continued)

98 ‘The Armchair’, small playlet written by child n.d.

99-103 Church Hall.

99 papers re requisition of church hall during World War II and compensation 1940.

100 conveyance and related papers of Riccall C. of E. school from the Hon. Mrs Irene Constance Forbes-Adams to the York Diocesan Board of Finance for a new church hall Sep. 1948.

101 plans and correspondence re alterations to church hall outbuildings 1951- 1952.

102 correspondence re repairs and redecorations to church hall 1958-1963.

103 scale of charges for hire of church hall 1961.

104-114 Incumbent.

104 John Rutherford Farrow’s admittance to deaconate and induction into the Riccall living 1821, 1863.

105 correspondence re resignation of Henry Snowden from the benefice and the benefice of East Knottingley 1926, 1945.

106 correspondence re Archdeacon’s visitation for clergy and churchwardens in the Selby Call 1963.

107 correspondence re benefice income 1927, 1953, 1960.

108 correspondence re repairs and redecoration to Riccall vicarage 1925-1964. [see also 25]

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104-114 Incumbent. (continued)

109 correspondence re possible erection of new vicarage 1954-1965.

110 correspondence re claim for damages to vicarage garden against Squire W. Swift Ltd. 1953-1954.

111 notes on income tax, Tithe Act and rent charge 1926-1945.

112 two common place books belonging to J.R. Farrow possibly John Rutherford Farrow, incumbent late 19thc. 1851-1936.

113 account book giving tithe compositions 1722, 1725-1728; account of monies distributed by Mr Cooper 1724-1730; account of monies owed by Mr Cooper 1730-1733; monies owed by Edward Wormley esq. for Riccall charity school 1730-1739; Clark wages (gives name of proprietors and sums paid) 1728-1739; account of tithe hay let for Edward Wormley esq. 1734; contents of the Hemp Garth (giving names and acreages) n.d. c. 1730.

114 an enumeration of the inhabitants of parish, giving number of males and females in each family 5 Sep. 1816.

115-116 Overseers.

115 instructions to quit the poor house of the parish of Riccall to Charles Myers and John Abbot 1836.

116 settlement examinations of Thomas Parkinson 1813; Thomas T....w c. 1816; George Kirk 1817; Thomas Bulmer 1817.

117-138 Parochial Church Council. [see also 23-24, 29, 152, 153]

117 PCC minute book 1921-1933.

118 PCC minute book 1933-1951.

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117-138 Parochial Church Council. (continued)

119 PCC minute book 1984-1985.

120 PCC accounts 1915-1959.

121 PCC accounts 1945-1959. [see also 177-179]

122 PCC accounts and related correspondence 1946-1963.

123 church accounts 1946-1954.

124 correspondence with Diocesan Board of Finance re parish contributions to the Diocesan quota and vicar’s stipend 1944, 1963-1964.

125 letter re churchwardens’ investigation into suspected embezzlement of PCC finances 1925.

126 letter re attendance at PCC meetings.

127 correspondence re elections to the National Assembly of Church of England 1964.

128 letters re contributions to York Diocese church buildings appeal and Diocesan appeal 1948, 1963.

129 correspondence re Riccall’s payment of the rent charge due to Queen Anne’s Bounty 1930.

130 correspondence with Church Commissioners re repair of chancel from parish’s tithe rent charge 1948.

131 insurance policies on church, vicarage, school, church hall and employees 1865-1964.

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117-138 Parochial Church Council. (continued)

132 altered apportionment of Tithe Rent charge under Tithe Acts for certain lands in parish of Riccall 1947.

133 particulars of tithe annuities payable by landowners to the governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty 1919-1922.

134 duties on land values under the Finance Act of 1910, 1911.

135 correspondence and deed re letting of land to the Yorkshire Boring Company and valuation of such land 1913.

136 correspondence with Sheffield Corporation Waterworks re site investigation at Hining Marsh 1959-1960.

137 draft agreement with A.D. Robinson re tenancy of field in parish 1926.

138 miscellaneous correspondence with Escrick Estate office re property in Riccall 1940, 1963.

139-140 Vestry.

139 Land Tax Assessments for the lordship of Riccall 1729, 1736, 1737, 1739.

140 an assessment for the duty upon windows in Riccall Apr. 1735.

141-144 Manorial.

141 list of Riccall freeholders c. 1730.

142 a schedule of the names of the freeholders and copyholders exceeding £10 in Riccall 1726.

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141-144 Manorial. (continued)

143 list of manorial tenants who have not paid fines and who might therefore be ejected 1730s. (damaged)

144 rental for that part of the manor of Howden within Riccall 1718.

145-149 Church Societies.

145 Working Party account book 1940-1945.

146 sales of work account book 1945.

147 postage book 1936-1945.

148 ladies’ committee book for NSPCC 1938.

149 letter from chairman of York area SPG committee re parochial contributions 1953.

150-151 Registers. [see also 1-8, 30, 176]

150 notes and jottings concerning parish registers 1662, 1786, n.d. 18th c.

151 burials 1916-1992.

152 PCC minutes 1986-1991. [see also 23-24, 29, 117-138, 153]

153 PCC minutes 1979-1984. [see also 23-24, 29, 117-138, 152]

154-165 Church and churchyard.

154 list of prebendaries of Riccall 1217-1451 and historical notes 13th - 16th centuries, 19th century.

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154-165 Church and churchyard. (continued)

155 details of coats of arms in the church 1985.

156 press cuttings relating to the history of the church 19th-20th centuries.

157 correspondence, accounts and papers mainly relating to work on the church 1856, 1865, 1869, 1876.

158 plan of the church with letter and details of wall paintings discovered in 1864, 1965.

159 restoration fund accounts 1864-1865.

160 York Herald, Yorkshire Gazette, Church Times and extract from the Selby and Goole Advertiser regarding the re-opening of the church 1865.

161 Selby Times relating to the consecration of the churchyard 27 Mar. 1869.

162 plan showing area of lanf given by the Hon. Irene Lawley for an extension of the churchyard, with correspondence 1917-1918.

163 photograph of Riccall church and lectern ?1950.

164 Selby Times article relating to the 800th anniversary of the church 6 Oct. 1950.

165 800th anniversary scrapbook containing service details, events and photographs, press cuttings etc. 1950-1955.

166 Notes on village stories (? draft for parish magazine) 20th century.

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167 Miscellaneous extracts from parish registers and historical notes 19th century.

168 Apprenticeship indenture between Wray Watson, joiner and wheeler of Riccall and Joseph Cattley 7 Apr. 1868.

169 Riccall Inclosure - appointment of valuer, with correspondence 1878.

170 Correspondence from Ecclesiastical Commissioners regarding the living of Riccall 1863.

171 Historical notes with unidentifiable photographs given to the church on the death of Mrs James in 1902. 19th - 20th centuries.

172 Letter to Rev. R. Hyde from James W. Gibson, headmaster of Riccall School, requesting an increase in salary 1914.

173 Dorothy Pottinger, deceased, estate account 1976.

174 Extracts from the Ecclesiastical Gazette concerning worship in the marriage service, burial of non-parishioners, marriage in church of those married at a Register Office and bell ringing 1883.

175 Photograph of Clawthorpe, Westmorland 19th century.

176 Register of baptisms 1893-1995. [see also 1-8, 30, 150-151]

177-179 Church accounts. [see also 120-121]

177 1959-1968.

178 1968-1972.

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177-179 Church accounts. (continued)

179 church maintenance 1968-1971. new vicarage 1968-1969. fabric fund 1968-1970. churchyard 1968-1972. church hall 1968-1971. Sunday School 1970-1972.

180 correspondence relating to the restoration of the organ 1983-1986.

181 correspondence relating to the erection of church gates 1984-1986.

182 Correspondence relating to work on the churchyard 1964-1972, including a plan c. 1970s, of some graves.

183 marriage licences 1941-1996.

184 Insurance policies for the church 1986-1994.

185 Parochial Church Council accounts 1981-1993.

186 Quinquennial inspection reports for 1979 and 1886 with associated correspondence.

187 Correspondence concerning the church hall, including the sale of the hall 1973- 1993.

188 Faculties for memorials within the church and repairs to it 1953-1986.

189 Correspondence concerning repairs to the church fabric 1966-1981.

190 Applications for the erection of gravestones and churchyard memorials 1985- 1994.

191 Correspondence concerning the Horner memorial money 1986-1987.

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192 Parish magazines 1969-1979, 1985-1994.

193-199 Papers of the Riccall Parochial Charities

193 Minute book of the Parochial Charities Trust, including lists of cash doles and coal distribution, 1940-1983.

194 Agendas of Parochial Charities Trust meetings 1988-9, 1994-8.

195 Annual report of Trustees, 1997.

196 Lists of recipients of doles, 1996-7.

197 Balance of accounts 1987, 1989-98.

198 Land rent agreements, 1979-96.

199 Correspondence, 1969-96.

200 Register of Services, 1986-2003

201 PCC Minutes, 1992-1998

202 Repair log book, 1969-1996

203 Tithe Map, 1842 (parish copy) Damaged. See also TA 865 VL