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Finding Aid PR PARISH RECORDS on deposit) POCKL1NGTON Harthill D. (ER) now deanery of Pocklington POCK 1-11 Parish registers _1 baptisms ) marriages) 1599-1711 burials ) 2 baptisms ) 1707-1778 marriages) 1707-1753 (duplicates no. 1 for first four years) burials )1707-1778 3 'baptisms• 1779-1792 burials 1779-1795 4 baptisms 1793-1812 (includes register of banns 1781-1812; marriages 1754-1812 notes of Roman Catholic baptisms 1806-1819; burials 1796-1812 baptism of Joseph Thomas Tuite of Bruges 1792) ,,5--baptisms 1813-1836 6 baptisms 1837-1840 7 baptisms 1849-1894 (with list of confirmation candidates 1878, 1880, 1882, 1884, 1887, 1889,1890, ,1892, 1893 marriages 1813-1837 '9 marriages 1837-1872 10 burials 1813-1851 1 burials 1851-1897

12-17 Registers of banns 12 1869-1896 1896-1916 ,14- 1917-1950 15....1951-1960 16.. 4960-1968 17°°'m 1968-1974

, 18 Marriage licences

, 19' Notes of marriages

20-23 Service registers :207_1868-1870 (with details about parochial charities) -11:1 1887-1896 22-- 189771900 j23--1900-1918 (with accounts of Mrs Blackboard's charity 1904, 1905, 1908)

4--.Churchwardens' accounts 1816-1871

25-27 Plans [see also 38-47, 85] , 25 plans of churchyard, pursuant to road widenings 1928, 1936 ,-26 plan of drains laid at Pocklington church 1901 27 plans of heating chamber, fuel store and clergy and choir vestry at Pocklington church 1954-1955

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POCK 28-37 Church property 28 final account for heating chamber and vestries at Pocklington church 1958 )29., glebe terriers 1764 (with a copy), 1770, 1809, 1817 [also 81-82] (30 ,copy of valuation of Pocklington vicarage 26 November 1913 31 Ecclesiastical Commissioners' note of benefaction of £116 in favour of living of Pocklington 26 April 1932 -32 survey and valuation of Pocklington by Thomas Scaife, junior 1854 (no map) 33 return of vicar of Pocklington to Ecclesiastical Revenues and Patronage Enquiry 17 November 1921 34 notes on bequests (other than Henry Powell bequest) of Pocklington church 35 copy of licence from archbishop of to Arnold de Quincey to perform office of curate at Pocklington 23 September 1932 36 copy of the Gazette 18 October 1861 37 annual bundles of receipts and vouchers 1920-1928

38-47 Church fabric [see also 25-28, 85] 38 church restoration minutes 1899-1917 39 bundles of correspondence about restoration and re-hanging of bells 1911-1912 40 notes on inscriptions in Lady Chapel, Pocklington church 1949 41 two note books containing notes on inscriptions, 42 notes on bells, Pocklington church 43 notes on inscriptions, Pocklington church 44 antiquarian notes and notes on fabric of Pocklington church 45 restoration appeal, March 1908 46 guide to Pocklington church 1924 47 notes on history of Pocklington church 1974

48-50 Schools [see also 9'4.96] :48 f photographof children and teachers of Sherbutt House school, Pocklington 1876 49 clippings relating to Pocklington school and copy of 'The Pocklingtonian' midsummer 1928 yi cash book for Pocklington National School 1899-1901

51-61 Antiquarian collections 51 notes from William White's History and Directory of the East and North Ridings relating to Pocklington for 1840 52 Whitehead's Almanack and Directory for Howdenshire 1912 53 official guides to Pocklington c. 1930

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POCK 51-61 Antiquarian collections (continued) .-54 programmes for musical evenings in Pocklington 1824 and 1862, with part of text of play about conversion of King Edwin 55 copy of circular letter to ratepayers about election of churchwardens 1892 :-.56 accounts for Pocklington offertory 1876-1877, 1877-1878 57 genealogical material about the Wilson and Prickett families 58 plan showing property at Hall and Pocklington for sale by auction 1927 59 notices about distribution of hot cross buns and plum loaves on Good Friday and Easter Sunday respectively 1896, 1897 60 details of festival services at time of installation of new oak pulpit May 1890 61 election broadsheet November 1868

62-69 Deeds 62 deeds of cottage in New Pavement, Pocklington, site subsequently obtained for churchyard extension 1772-1889 (19 items) 63 declaration of consecration of land added to churchyard 1 January 1879 [see no. 62 above] 0 deeds of house and small parcels of land at Sherburn 1676-1772 (10 items) ,65 copy of will of John Fowlzer of Leicester 1656 66 deed between the mayor and corporation of Leicester and William Stubbins granting the chief rent of the White Hart and other places in Leicester to the latter for ever 67 copy of entry on manor rolls of with by which the Rev. Charles Wolff Eyre seized of certain copyhold premises as vicar of Pocklington 16 May 1810 ,,68 schedule of title deeds and writings relating to messuages and premises in Pocklington belonging to Thomas Windass 12 October 1840 69' abstract of the title of Robert Green to hereditaments and premises in Pocklington 1843

70-73 Parish magazines 70 copies of the Monthly Magazine for Pocklington and other parishes in the deanery 1879-1886 71 copies of the Parish Magazine for the rural deanery of Pocklington 1930-1932 72 copies of Pocklington Rural Deanery Magazine 1949-1957 73 copies of Pocklington Rural Deanery Magazine 1959-1961

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POCK 74-76 Parish registers ,74 'baptisms 1894-1915 75 Marriages 1872-1923 76 'burials 1901-1921

77-79 Service registers „:17--1942-1948 78 '1948,-.1958 79 1958-1962

80' Valuation of the township of Pocklington (York 1838)

81-82 Terriers [see also 29] 81--terrier and inventory n.d. (c.1907) 82 terrier and inventory 1926

83 Copy of scheme for union of benefice of Pocklington and Percy 1947

84 Copy of order closing burial ground 1856

85 Correspondence and papers relating to church fabric 1905, 1944, 1950, 1954, 1958-1959 [see also 25-28, 38-47]

86 Forms of permission for ascending church tower n.d. (early 20th c.)

87,Gorrespondence and papers relating to exoneration from gt. payment of land tax for benefice property 1898-1906

88 PCC minutes Dec. 1958

89- Application to be placed on church electoral roll 1950

90 Church hall committee minutes Mar. - Nov. 1958

91 Church hall correspondence and papers 1947, 1954, 1957

.,92 Charges for hire of church hall 1950

93 Letter giving notice of legacy for repair of church 1954

94-96 Schools [see also 48-50] {91I book, Pocklington parish church day school 1930-1942 letter about new county secondary school 1955 96--C1Eiarity Commissioners' scheme for Pocklington Grammar School 1898

Nos. 74-79 deposited by Rev. J. Woodhouse, The Vicarage, Pocklington, York July 1982 No. 80 deposited by Rev. J.D. Walker, The Vicarage, , York Oct. 1983 Nos. 81-96 deposited by Rev. J. Woodhouse, The Rectory, Pocklington, York Oct. 1988 Parish Records (on deposit)

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PR POCK97-104 Parish registers

97 Baptisms 1915-1943 98 Baptisms 1943-1962 99 Baptisms 1962-1981 100 Marriages 1923-1944 101 Marriages 1944-1961 102 Marriages 1961-1975 103 Marriages 1975-1991 104 Banns 1974-1984

105-113 Service registers

105 1918-1927 106 1927-1936 107 1936-1939 108 1940-1942 109 1962-1970 110 1970-1975 111 1975-1981 112 1981-1985 113 1989-1998 114 Confirmation register 1943-1961 115 PCC and Annual Meeting Minute book 1925-1939 116 PCC and Annual Meeting Minute book 1939-1958 117 PCC and Annual Meeting Minute book 1958-1965 118 Annual Church Meeting information and agendas including statement of accounts, 1965-1967 (see PCC minute books for previous) 119 Church hall committee meeting minute book 1950-1967 120 PCC file including minutes and correspondence 1959-1972 121 Correspondence and papers relating to finance 1961-1972 122 Files of papers and correspondence of the PCC secretary 1957- 1987 (2 files) 123 Quinquennial Inspection 1959 and architect’s report 1963 124 Files relating to church fabric and repair /1 Correspondence, papers and plans relating to faculties and archdeacon’s certificates 1959-1969

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124 cont /2 Church furnishings, pews, hymnbook cases and amplifier /3 Installation of electric lighting 1934-1935 /4 Heating 1964-1966 /5 Insurance 125 Files relating to the church hall /1 Furnishings and equipment, including plan 1958-1967 /2 rating 1960-1971 /3 General correspondence and papers 1957-1969 126 Correspondence relating to the Pavement Improvement Scheme /1 1928-1931 including copy of the will of George Scaife 1901 /2 1936-1937 127 Correspondence and papers relating to Pocklington Vicarage 1960-1967 128 Correspondence and papers relating to property near the church 1928-1929 129 Faculty, correspondence and plan relating to the Garden of Rest for cremated remains 1963-1965 130 Correspondence and papers relating to the organ and organist 1960-1971 131 Correspondence concerning the Foundation Manager of Pocklington Church of School 1962-1965 132 Correspondence and papers relating to the Deanery 1970-1971 133 Letters received by Rev Page 1935 134 Papers relating to the church restoration /1 Account Books /1 1892-1902 /2 1895-1896

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/3 1895-1902 /4 1900-1903 134 /1 cont /5 1902-1905 /6 1912-1917 /2 Balance sheets and lists of subscriptions 1903-1910 /3 Correspondence 1899-1909 /4 Reports and estimates 1895-1909 135 Correspondence and papers relating to the restoration of the bells 1913 136 Correspondence and specification relating to the church clock 1922 137 Correspondence and papers relating to wood clocks and heating 1924 138 Papers relating to tithes, rents and sale of glebe 1922-1926 139 Title deeds to a freehold cottage at Pocklington, conveyed in 1879 under ‘The Consecration of Churchyards Act 1867’ /1 Indenture 1704 /2 Lease and release 1723 /3 Indenture 1726 /4 Indenture 1753 /5 Articles of Covenants 1753 /6 Certification 1790 /7 Copy and probate of the will of John Malton 1809 /8 Feoffment 1832 /9 Conveyance 1838 /10 Abstract of Title 1878 /11 Conveyance 1879 /12 Solicitor’s account 1879 140 Guide to All Saints’ Church, compiled by the Very Revd Henry Stapleton, 2002

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141 Banns of marriage register, 1985-1990. 142 Banns of marriage register, 1992-2002. 143 Visitors’ book, 1941-1946. 144 Visitors’ book, 1982-1989. 145 Book of notices to give out at services and of hymns for Sunday services, 1958-1965. 146 PCC and AGM minutes, 1970-1989. 147 PCC secretary’s correspondence, 1981-1993. 148 List of wedding and funeral fees, 1990. 149 Order in Council for the establishment of the benefice of Pocklington, , with , and Millington, 1990. 150 Correspondence and papers concerning the deanery synod, 1993-1995. 151 Correspondence relating to the reordering of the chancel 1993- 1994 [see also 152] 152 Correspondence relating to triptych altarpiece, 1994-1996 [see also 151, 161] 153 Correspondence and plans relating to repairs to the tower, 1994- 1997. 154 Correspondence relating to church refurbishment, including repairs to the bells, 1991-1994. 155 Applications for grant aid, 1995. 156 Record of stained glass windows, 1992. 157 Financial correspondence, 1995-1996. 158 Correspondence and papers relating to church insurance, 1995- 1996. 159 Correspondence relating to Pitts-Tucker memorials, 1994-1996. 160 Correspondence relating to churchyard and garden of remembrance, 1973-1992. 161 Photographs of triptych and of its installation, [1990s].

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162 Photographs of the church and of church activities. 163 Visitors’ Book, 1929-1937.

Nos. 97-140 deposited 2002 Nos. 141-162 deposited 2005.

164 Register of Services,1985-1989. 165 Visitors’ Book, 1989-1995. 166 Church history as written in the Archeological Journal 1899; a church history written by Alex Leadman, and a guide for visitors 1924. 167 Fifth Quinquennial Inspection 1998, and Sixth Quinquennial Inspection 2003. 168 Papers relating to the Royal British Legion Standard and petition for Faculty, 2003. 169 Proposed plans of All Saints new vestry and meeting room for the parochial church council, 1981. 170 Papers relating to the Triptych. Including proposed sketches of the re-siting of triptych to form reredos, and photos, 1994-1997. 171 Photos of assorted church objects [for insurance purposes, 1980s], and one photo of clock ‘face lift’, 1965. 172 Papers relating to the Charity of Mrs Easter Sophia Critchley. Account details. 173 Draft of ‘School and Parish’ and correspondence, 2002. 174 Papers referring to roofing work, 2003. 175 Papers concerning new internal and external hand rails, 2004. 176 Papers referring to the rendering and reordering of the West End of All Saints Church, Includes sketches of proposed alterations, 1991 and 2003. 177 Papers concerning the organ replacement, 1989-1991. 178 Proposed changes to the Rectory, 1990-91. 179 Papers concerning Church interior 1991-1993 /1 re-plastering

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/2 re-wiring /3 redecoration.

180 Petition for faculty regarding lead covering of roof, 1993; stonework repairs 1992-3; re-landscaping the churchyard, 1992; erection of memorial, 1993. Also Archdeacon’s certificates. 181 Insurance policies for Pocklington, and Kilnwick, 1944-1951. 182 Papers referring to boundry changes, 1960. 183 Parish inventories, 1906. 184 Church choice policy documents and insurance documents, 1997-1999. 185 Papers referring to certain charities /1 Critchley stock receipts and correspondence, 1930. /2 Hagyard extracts from will. /3 Powell extracts from will 1893 and trust receipts, charity commission scheme and correspondence for the establishment of Powell Bequest, 1934. /4 Wilson memorial prize fund stocks. /5 Lawson will /6 Frank Scaife extracts from will. 186 Granting of faculty papers, 1935-1974, and dilapidation payment papers. 187 Papers referring to the Saife Trust. 188 Estimates for building and maintenance work, 1935-1940. 189 Papers concerning the re union of benefices of Pocklington and Kilnwick Percy and Duplicate marriage registers. 190 Papers relating to the Churchyard closed for burial 2002; a list of names on gravestones and map of graveyard.

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191 Papers relating to the Wilson memorial prize fund and church investment accounts and stock certificates, 1970’s. 192 Correspondence and papers relating to the Charity Commission. The authorization of land sale, 1938 and other letters, 1935, and lands trustees stock receipt, 1907. 193 Papers and correspondence concerning the institution of Rev. Hugh Prosser, 1990. 194 Papers and correspondence concerning the team ministry instituted 1983 and dissolved 1990. 195 Papers relating to the new meeting room, 1988. 196 Correspondence and papers concerning the sale of the Church Hall, 1984-5. 197 Papers relating to the Royal School of Church Music, 1980-2. 198 Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure booklets and All Saints listing. 199 Assortment of papers concerning Church interior. 200 Licenses and permissions, 1953 and 2004. 201 School Papers – 1927 map and 2004 governor minutes. 202 Church Hall license, 1953. 203 Contents of Deed Box at Westminster Bank, 1948. 204 Map of the Parish of Yapham-cum-. 205 Letter found in bottle re. Church alterations 1890

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206 Burial Register 31 May 1941 – 1 Aug 1972 207 Burial Register 7 Aug 1972 – 23 Jan 1998 208 Charities' Account Book 1940-1975 Includes: Church Lands Trust, Hagyards Bequest, George Scaife Trust, Blackbeard's Charity, Critchley Charity, Organ Fund, William Lawson Bequest 209 Charities' Account Book 1944-2006 Includes: Frank Scaife Bequests (Bell-ringers' Fund, Instruction of Bell-ringers Fund, Choir Fund); Alice Wadsworth's Bequest; Fabric Fund; Organ Maintenance Fund; National School Welfare Fund; Wilson Memorial Prize Fund; Glossop Memorial Prize Fund; Clock Maintenance Fund; Sanctuary Fund 210 Charities' Account Book 1976-2005 Includes: Church Lands Trust, Hagyard bequest (for upkeep of the Belfry), William Lawson bequest (for upkeep of the churchyard), Critchley Charity, Blackbeard Charity 211 Copy of Conveyance relating to sale of part of the Vicarage Garden, 1993 212 Guides and Histories of Pocklington Church /1 ‘Pocklington Church and Pocklington School’ A D H Leadman, 1896 /2 ‘Guide for Visitors’, 1924 /3 ‘Some Notes on the History of Pocklington Church’ Canon Graham Christie (ed.) 213 Two photographic postcards of Pocklington Parish Church. One blank and one written, n. d. 214 ‘The Pocklington Methodist Circuit 1786-1986: A Bi- Centenary History’ C. J. Solomon 215 Map of Proposed Alterations to the Pocklington Parish Boundary, n. d.

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216 Collation of Rev. James Woodhouse to the parish of Pocklington with Yapham-cum-Meltonby and Owsthorpe and Kilnwick Percy, 1982 217 Licence of Rev. James Woodhouse as Priest of Millington with Great Givendale, 1982 218 Papers relating to Pastoral Schemes and Orders submitted for confirmation by Her Majesty in Council /1 Pastoral Scheme concerning transfer of parishes and creation of new benefices,1983 2/ Draft Pastoral Order concerning the dissolution of the deaneries of Pocklington and Weighton and creation of new deanery to be named “The Deanery of South Wold”, 1986 3/ Pastoral Scheme concerning creation of new parish of Pocklington and Owsthorpe and Kilnwick Percy, 1986 4/ Pastoral Scheme concerning the transfer of the parish of Huggate from the benefice of Pocklington to the benefice of and , 2001 219 Typed extract of selected entries from the Vestry Memorandum Book. Date of extracts range from 1856 to 1905 220 Photocopy of article entitled ‘Five Netherlandish carved altar- pieces in England and the Brussels school of carving c.1470- 1520’ with section on the Pocklington altar-piece, 1996 221 Parish Register Baptisms, 1981-2001 222 Service Register, 1999-2008 223 Contract file including correspondence and architectural plans, elevations, invoices, schedules of work, and archaeological site evaluations relating to the re-ordering of the West End, re- ordering of St Nicholas Chapel, Sotherby Cross, new nave sanctuary dais and other fabric works, 2003-2008 224 PCC minutes and correspondence, 2003-2011

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225 Annual Meeting of Parishioners and the Annual Parochial Church Meeting minutes, correspondence, annual reports, and financial statements, 1995-2011 226 Minutes, correspondence, papers, and newspaper cuttings relating to "Restore and Reveal: All Saints Heritage Appeal Fund" and financial statements and correspondence with solicitors concerning bequests left in wills, 2004-2008 Includes photographs from “Flying Man Weekend” (located in cold- room) 227 Henry Powell Bequest Account Books /1 1940-1997 /2 1978-2005 228 Granting of Faculty papers, petition papers, schedule of works, correspondence, and plans, 2005-2013 /1 Renewing the flat roof to the meeting room, 2005 /2 Re-building of the Sotherby Cross and display of the ancient Cross Head, 2005 /3 Re-ordering West End office, 2005 /4 Repairs of the fabric, 2006 /5 Re-ordering of the Lady Chapel, 2006 /6 Re-ordering the St. Nicholas Chapel, 2006 /7 Stonework Repairs and Repainting, 2006 /8 Proposed new nave dais, 2007 /9 Re-slating the Vestry roof, 2010 /10 Improving access arrangements within the belfry, 2012 /11 Wilberforce Seat in churchyard, 2013

Nos. 163-204 deposited 2005. Nos. 211-219 deposited 2012. Nos. 220-228 deposited 2015

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