Finding Aid PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit)
SELBY [Abbey] New Ainsty D. (WR) now deanery of Selby
SEL 1-25 Parish register [see also 356-371] 1 marriages 1583-1627 (early folios fragmentary) baptisms 1579-1627 burials 1581-1623 (last folios fragmentary) [see also 328] 2 baptisms 1621-1686 3 marriages 1620-1644/5 burials 1620-1645, 1650-1686/7 (plus 3 fragmentary sheets 1689, 1704) 4 marriages 1653-1657, 1662-1716/17, 1721 5 baptisms 1688-1721 marriages 1687-1695 (duplicate of 4) burials 1689-1721 6 baptisms ) marriages) 1721-1726 burials ) 7 baptisms ) marriages) 1727-1747/6 burials )
8 baptisms -) 1749-1777 burials ) marriages 1749-1754 9 baptisms ) 1777-1785 burials )
10 baptisms ) 1786-1792 burials ) 11 baptisms 1792-1806 burials 1793-1806 12 marriages 1754-1802 13 marriages 1802-1812 baptisms ) 1806-1812 burials ) 14 baptisms 1813-1828 15 baptisms 1829-1859 16 baptisms 1860-1908 (at front notes on organ 1862 and re-casting of bells 1863) 17 marriages 1813-1837 18 marriages 1837-1850 19 marriages 1850-1867 20 marriages 1867-1889 21 marriages 1889-1911 22 burials 1813-1836 23 burials 1837-1843 24 burials 1844-1855 25 burials 1855-1919 continued Nos. 1-25 deposited by D. Simpson, 18 Leeds Road, Selby Nov. 1983 PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) (continued)
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SEL 26-33 Registers of banns [see also 372-373] 26 1895-1917 27 1917-1927 28 1927-1935 29 1941-1947 30 1947-1950 31 1950-1957 32 1957-1965 33 1965-1972
34-44 Service registers (giving numbers of communicants) [see also 34 1891-1909 375-376] 35 1903-1909 36 1952-1961 (includes communicants' roll 1903-1904; register of confirmation candidates 1905- 1906; register of parochial and town meetings; entertainments 1903-1909; register of bible classes 1903-1906; register of Sunday morning school and afternoon catechism 1903-1905; register of pastoral visitation 1904-1905; register of weekday guilds, classes, etc. 1904- 1906) 36 1904-1906 37 1906-1914 38 1915-1928 39 1928-1943 40 1943-1945 41 1945-1947 (includes notes on the average weekly communicants 1891-1973) 42 1947-1950 43 1950-1952 44 1961-1975
45 Confirmation register 1891-1909 [see also 374]
46 Register of communicants 1898-1904
47 List of enrolled communicants 1877, 1888
48-49 Church services 48 orders of service for special occasions, such as dedications, anniversaries, thanksgivings, ecumenical services and broadcast services; also copy of the marriage service and the communion service 1874-1972 49 documents relating to services, including subscription books 1897; programmes for Mendelssohn's "Elijah" 1923; the coronation services 1953; Maundy service 1969
50-87 Parochial officers [see also 336-340] 50-58 parochial account books [see also 72-86; 338-339J 50 1721-1729 (assessments and disbursements: poor, constables, churchwardens, highway surveyors; assessments for aids to his Majesty)
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SELBY ABBEY {continued) EEL 50- 87 Parochial officers (continued) 50- 58 parochial account books (continued) 51 1729-1734 (assessments and disbursements: poor, churchwardens, constables; assessments for aids to his Majesty; disbursements for highway surveyors) 52 1735-1746 (assessments: poor, churchwardens, constables; aids to his Majesty) 1734-1735; (disbursements: poor, churchwardens; 1739-1747 constables, highway surveyors; also list of parochial officials with annual assessment levels 1746-1773; peram- bulation of the parish 1736; copy of a by-law regarding repair of highways 1734) 53 1745-1751 (assessments and disbursements: poor, churchwardens, constables, highway surveyors; assessments for aids to his Majesty) 54 1751-1754 (assessments and disbursements: poor, churchwardens, constables, highway surveyors; assessments for aids to his Majesty) 55 1757-1761 (assessments and disbursements: poor, churchwardens, constables, highway surveyors) 56 1760-1764 (assessments and disbursements: poor, churchwardens, constables, highway surveyors; also includes a perambulation of the parish; notes on a vestry meeting relating to a pump 1765) 57 1774-1776 (assessments: poor, churchwardens, constables) 1785-1786 (assessments: poor, churchwardens) 1778-1784 (disbursements: poor, churchwardens, constables; also by-law regarding repairs of highways 1734) 58 1776-1784 (assessments: poor, churchwardens) 1785-1786 (disbursements: poor)
59- 71 churchwardens 59' minute book' 1905-1906 • 60 minutes of meeting. 1945 61-66 account books 61 1824-1895 (includes notes, correspondence, etc., relating to appointments of church dignitaries and the various keys belonging to the Abbey 1854; a list of the documents in the safe 1854; plan of the 'arrange- ment of sittings after removing the remainder of old pews' 1857; continued PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) (continued)
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SEL 50- 87 Parochial officers (continued) 59- 71 churchwardens (continued) 61-66 account books (continued) 61 1824-1895 (continued) list of the principal works to be undertaken during 1865-1866; memorial to Lord Londesborough, asking him to preside over a public meeting to receive Gilbert Scott's report on the Abbey 1865) 62 1896-1922 63 1923-1943 64 balance sheets, annual accounts 1914-1925 65 1916-1926 volume showing wages and insurance paid 66 volume containing bills, receipts and related correspondence 1865, 1868, superimposed on a guild of service diary 1912 67-69 church rate collection books 67 1865-1866 (includes lists of principal works undertaken and disbursements) 68 1866-1867 (includes disbursements and accounts) 69 1867-1868 (includes disbursements and accounts) 70 churchwardens' voluntary collection book 1875-1926 71 subscriptions to the Central Diocesan Fund 1915-1920
72- 86 overseers of the poor 72 accounts of the workhouse and out relief 1741-1746 73 list of the trustees of the workhouse 1741-1758 74 valuation in the parish for the purpose of equalising the poor rate 1823 75 bastardy orders 1818-1824 (7 items) 76 report and recommendations on individuals receiving relief post-1821 77 overseers' receipts and vouchers 1822-1834 (28 items) 78 notice to the overseers and churchwardens of Selby from the churchwardens and overseers of Drax relating to the removal order of William Chatham and his wife 7 Oct. 1823 79 letter to the overseers relating to William Wilkinson and his wife and their need for relief 27 Oct. 1833
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SEL 50- 87 Parochial officers (continued) 72- 86 overseers of the poor (continued) 80- 85 poor law union rate books 80 1839 81 1843 82 1846 83 1848 84 1852 85 1858 86 notice of votes cast for the election of the guardians of the poor 1837 87 constables' accounts [see also 50-57; 340] Justices' orders to constables 1823-1837 (3 items)
88 Vestry minute book 1886-1955 (includes printed accounts of meetings and tellers' papers for the election of churchwardens 1938, 1941, 1948)
89-120 Parochial Church Council 89- 92 minute books [see also 3413 89 1897-1907 (includes accounts) 90 1907-1916 91 1920-1925 (includes minutes of finance committee and accounts) 92 1925-1942 (includes minutes of finance committee, accounts and loose papers and correspondence relating to PCC business) 93-112 PCC general accounts 93- 95 account books 93 1923-1939 (includes accounts administered by the PCC such as church funds, the Hawdon Institute accounts, Sunday School, Young People's Guild, fabric fund, etc.) 94 1940-1956 (includes accounts administered by the PCC as above; also loan agreements between the PCC and John Townend (14 Mar. 1951), Glenville Marriner (14 Mar. 1951) and Walter Hartley (14 Mar. 1951)) 95 1957-1972 (includes accounts administered by the PCC as above)
96 consolidated account book 1944-1960 (duplicates earlier volume)
97- 99 receipt books 97 1961-1968 98 1968-1971 99 1971-1972
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SEL 89-120 Parochial Church Council (continued) 93-112 PCC general accounts (continued) 100-102 payment books 100 1961-1966 101 1966-1970 (includes accounts of organ appeal fund 1946-1956) 102 1971-1972 (includes accounts of fabric fund 1946-1957) 103 vouchers and receipts relating to PCC accounts 1897-1904 104 account sheets 1923-1937, 1946-1968, 1974 (includes various accounts administered by the PCC including Sunday School, St Richard's Church Hall, Open Youth Club, Hawdon Institute, bell- ringers, vicars, church hall and budgets 1965-1968) 105-112 bank books 105 1923-1924 106 1924-1927 107 1927-1930 108 1930-1933 109 1933-1935 110 1935-1937 111 1937-1947 112 1947-1948
113-118 specific accounts administered by the PCC 113-116 account books 113 Burton's Yard 1926-1957 114 heating appeal fund 1942-1957 115 Bottling Stores 1945-1957 116 miscellaneous appeals' fund 1946-1957 117 general appeal fund bank book 1946-1948 118 war memorial fund bank book 1946-1956
119-120 correspondence 119 copies of letters sent by the PCC 1920-1928 120 correspondence with the York Diocesan Board of Finance relating to PCC investments and nominations for election to the board 1948, 1963, 1969-1972
121-171 Chum' fabric and restorations 121 faculties 1 restoration replacing the pews and moving the pulpit to the east end of the church (2 copies) 1852 2 restoration 1872 3 insertion of Dudding memorial window in north west window of Abbey 1894
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SEL 121-171 Church fabric and restorations (continued) 121 faculties (continued) 4 levelling of the church yard and putting the grave- stones in decent order 1895 5 lowering of the central tower (2 copies) 1902 6 replacement of the clock in the tower 1902 7 erection of a memorial tablet to Howitt Eggleshaw 1908
122-125 accounts 122 fabric fund bank book 1919-1923 123 fabric fund bank book 1946-1957 124 Shaw and Percy grave fund bank book 1936-1957 125 Cryer memorial bell fund bank book 1952-1957
126-129 restorations of 1854 and 1871 (nave) 126 minute book of restoration committee 1852-1874 127 accounts of the restoration committee 1871-1881 (includes lists of subscriptions and printed abstracts of accounts 1873-1874) 127a accounts of south transept restoration 1873-1891 128 reports on Selby Abbey church and its restoration by G. Gilbert Scott 1871 (printed copy and draft copy) 129 specification by G. Gilbert Scott for the restoration works 1872 and design for the Abbey 1871
130-131 restoration of 1889 (choir) 130 collection book 1889-1891 (includes list of subscribers and amounts) 131 balance sheet for restoration account 1889-1892
132 WArcy tomb correspondence relating to an article in 'The Antiquary' alleging that the vicar had unnecessarily destroyed the D'Arcy tomb 1893
133-136 restoration of 1902 (central tower) 133 subscription book 1902 134 reports on the central tower, by J. Oldrid Stott 1891, John Waugh 1893 and C. Hodgson Fowler 1896; also printed pamphlet containing all three reports 1902 135 specification of work to be done in the restoration 1902 136 letter book containing correspondence, estimates, tenders and plans relating to the work done on the tower, including the restoration of the bells and the clock 1902 (includes list of subscriptions and account of the tower restoration fund up to Apr. 1903) (many loose items) [for the minute book of the Restoration Committee of 1902 see 139] continued PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) (continued)
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SEL 121-171 Church fabric and restorations (continued) 137-154 restoration following the fire of 1906 137 requests for an enquiry into the causes of the fire 1906 (includes list of persons requested to appear before the enquiry) 138 printed report by J. Oldrid Scott on damage to the Abbey and possible remedies 139 minutes of the restoration committee 1906-1909 (includes related correspondence, vouchers, accounts and printed material) (many loose sheets); also minutes of restoration committee 1902 (includes related correspondence, vouchers and newspaper cuttings) 140 subscription book 1906-1910 141 subscription book of ordinary donations 1906-1910 (includes list of '.omen's Association subscriptions 1906-1909) 142 subscription book of persons paying in installments 1906-1910 143 bank book 1906-1910 144 bank book 1906-1915 145 bank book 1908-1911 146 bank book 1910-1916 147 altar fund bank book 1907-1910 (account transferred to restoration fund 1910) 148 choir furnishing fund bank book 1909-1910 (account transferred to restoration fund 1910) 149 letter book containing letters sent by the restoration committee 1907-1910 150 correspondence relating to subscriptions to the fund and the mounting of the national appeal 1906-1912 (12 boxes) 151 correspondence, vouchers, receipts and accounts relating to the fund and the restoration work carried out 1906-1912 152 correspondence from insurance companies relating to the fire and the restoration 1906-1907 153 Women's Association subscription book 1907-1908 154 printed appeal for subscriptions for Selby Abbey frodl the Women's Association c.1906
155-156 erection of new vestry 155 plan showing proposed new vestry between south transept and sacristy by C. Oldrid Scott (scale: 41 = 1") Aug. 1921 156 correspondence relating to work involving a plumber 1923 157 restoration of 1928 subscription book 1928-1929 (includes accounts of appeal fund 1929) continued PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) (continued)
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SEL 121-171 Church fabric and restorations (continued)
158-163 Liversidge Bequest 1933 (west front) 158 deeds 1 appointment of special trustees of the £9000 legacy to Selby Abbey of William Liversidge 2 Apr. 1929 2 supplemental deed by the trustees releasing the £9000 legacy.for the Abbey from all trusts and provisions of the will 15 Dec. 1930 159 balance sheet of bequest n.d. 160 correspondence, relating to the work undertaken under the terms of the bequest, superimposed on a guild of service (1910) (includes list of tenders) 1933 161 correspondence, vouchers and receipts relating to the work undertaken under the terms of the bequest 1934-1937 162 plan showing the design for the choir vestry in conjunction with a buttress to 3.4. Tower by C. Oldrid Scott (scale: 8' = 1") Aug. 1934 163 plan showing the design for the canopies to the canons' and clergy stalls by C. Oldrid Scott (scale: 1' = 1") July 1937
164 vouchers, accounts and receipts relating to work done on war memorial chapel 1956 (1947-1956) 165 printed appeal for funds for restoration c.1960 166 correspondence relating to the fire 1973 (2 items)
167-171 miscellaneous church fabric 167 bill from Whitechapel bell foundry for work done on the bells 1863 168 extract from the will of J.T. Atkinson esq. bequeathing a silver chalice for Holy Communion to the church n.d. 169 printed drawings and engravings of Selby Abbey, its monuments and its windows; also photographs 19th and 20 c. 170 block plan showing the surface water drainage system by W.J. Kay, surveyor to Selby Urban District Council (scale: 16' = 1") 24 July 1946 (2 copies) 171 plan of the heating system of the Abbey (no scale) n.d.
172-174 Benefice 172 terrier and inventory 1896 173 return to Ecclesiastical Commissioners' Ecclesiastical Revenues and Patronage Inquiry 1921 174 typsecript report on stipend n.d.
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SEL 175-177 Clergy 175 receipts from curates' fund 1901-1902 176 reports on visits made in parish by B.M. Rowland, curate 1907-1908 177 curates' licences 1922-1943 (7 items)
178-182 Sermons, letters and verses on theological and other subjects c.1815 178 manuscript texts of sermons preached in the Selby area n.d. some in support of charitable societies 179 draft letter, contemporary to above, on theological and pastoral matters (some dated 1815) 180 verses on theological and political events 0.1815, some signed Thomas Pullen 181 verse 'Address to the Inhabitants of Selby', by Thomas Pullen (with manuscript of some) and another verse 'Unitarianism Detested' also by Thomas Pullen 182 hymns and addresses for use in the Selby Sunday Schools and in the Methodist Chapel 1815 (see below)
183-229 Schools (see also charities) 183-190 management of National Schools 183 rules of Selby Abbey Church schools Apr. 1858 184 scheme for amalgamating St James' Schools with the Abbey schools 18 Mar. 1887 185 correspondence concerning St James' premises and the Abbey school 1901-1903 186 correspondence concerning the proposed Education Bill of 1902 1899-1902 187 application for appointment of Foundation Managers of National School following the Act of 1902 188 managers' minute book 1904-1949 189 managers' correspondence, scrap book 1938 (in desk diary of 1935) 190 managers' correspondence with LEA 1941-1949
191-198 treasurers' accounts, National schools 191 1856-1857 (Ladies' committee) 192 accounts 1899-1953 193 cash book 1883-1891 194 cash book 1891-1892 195 cash book 1892-1895 196 cash book 1896-1898 197 cash book 1899-1900 198 cash book 1900-1902
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SEL 183-229 Schools (continued) 199-210 pupils' registers, National schools 199 admissions' register, boys 1858-1876 200 admissions'. register, boys 1876-1901. 201 admissions' register, girls 1858-1873 202 admissions' register, girls 1873-1880 203 admissions' register, infants 1877-1904 204 admissions' register, St James' school 1872-1879 205 summary attendance register, boys and girls 1890-1891 206 summary attendance register, infants 1893-1896 207 summary attendance register 1903-1905 208 summary attendance register 1904-1910 209 class registers, Abbey National school 1879-1897 210 class registers, St James' school 1887 211 annual report, Selby National school 1877, with attendance figures for period 1859-1877 212 Selby Urban District Council School Attendance Committee monthly reports 1898-1904 213 Abbey Church National Schools, HMI's reports, with comments on pupil teachers 1884-1899, 1938 214 report on appointment and numbers of pupil teachers n.d. 215 contracts with pupil teachers 1899-1900 216 reports on religious instruction 1892, 1901 217 religious education curriculum c.1901 218 Selby Abbey Church School Shoe Club, agreement with tradesmen and vouchers 1895-1904
219-220 plans 219 ground plan and elevations 1896 (6 items) 220 ground plans, for heating system installation 1900 (5 items)
221 contractors' bill for new cloakroom 1896 222 builders' specification for various works 1902 223 Order of Service at Laying of Foundation Stone of the new school 1925 224 Selby School Sports Association, athletic programme 27 June 1929 225 A History of the Selby Abbey Church National Schools (1884) 226 admissions' register 1827-1851 227 roll book 1890-1895 228 accounts 1898-1899, 1902-1903, 1921 229 Selby Abbey Sunday School, hymn and song book n.d.
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SEL 230-269 Charities [see also 347-348] 230-235 Blue Coat School Charity 230 treasurer's account 1830-1831 231 rules of charity n.d. 232 subscription receipts 1894-1895 233 correspondence from Charity Commissioners 1902 234 members' dissent from Local Authority proposals for use of funds n.d. [c.1902] (also Grey Coat) 235 letter from Board of Education concerning Blue and Grey Coat Charities 11 Jan. 1905
236-245 Grey Coat Charity School 236 rules of the Grey Coat Charity n.d. [before 18581 237 rules of Grey Coat Girls' School May 1854 238 managing committee minute book 1852-1859 239 managing committee minute book 1860-1875 (with note of attendance of girls at meetings) 240 managing committee minute book 1876-1889 241 managing committee minute book 1891-1898 242 account book of the charity for educating poor girls 1795-1856 (with lists of girls admitted 1795-1844 and of subscribers 1797-1833) 243 account book of Grey Coat Charity 1856-1904 244 list of prices for work done at the school n.d. 245 receipts and accounts 1899, 1902, 1903
246 Charity Commission, Report on Charities in Selby (2 copies) 26 Nov. 1896
247-256 feoffees for Pious Uses (United Charities) 247 order of feoffees for appointing treasurer and for levying fines for non-attendance at meetings 5 Sep. 1765 248 order of feoffees for appointing treasurer and for levying fines for non-attendance at meetings 13 Dec. 1781 249 correspondence with churchwardens and Charity Commissioners concerning the poor's third administered by churchwardens 1866-1867 (with copies) 250 Charity Commissioners' scheme 25 Feb. 1870 (with some press cuttings) 251 copy of letter to Lord Londesborough concerning purchase of land for new housing 24 Jan. 1873 252 Charity Commission, permission to use some funds for restoration of central tower of Abbey 27 May 1902 253 summary account 1902 254 report of committee to enquire into distribution of the poor's third 1903, with minutes 255 Charity Commissioners' scheme 23 Jan. 1917 256 book of press cuttings and other items PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) (continued)
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SEL 230-269 Charities (continued) 257-263 Hudson's Lying-In and Medical Charity 257 Mrs Jane Hudson to Trustees, copy of a release of closes of land in Selby for charitable purposes date of original 15 Oct. 1817 258 copy of will of Jonathan Hutchinson, surviving trustee 18 Feb. 1869 (copy made 13 Dec. 1895) 259 copy of legal instruments for appointing new trustees 1896 260 accounts, with lists of beneficiaries 1821-1854 261 accounts, with lists of beneficiaries 1855-1917 262 subscription book 1828-1854 263 Treatment ticket n.d.
264-267 Gouldsborough Church Home Mission fund 264 copies of probate of Miss Ann Gouldsborough of Selby (pr. Jan. 1891) and Thomas Couldsorough of same (pr. July 1891) 265 minute book 1892-1903 266 correspondence with Charity Commissioners 1891-1903 267 accounts and receipts 1895-1904
268 correspondence with Charity Commissioners concerning Rayner's Charity 1902-1903
269 letter from Charity Commissioners concerning Waud and Foster charities 1903
270-306 Church Societies and Parochial Work 270 'Speculum Gregis' or report on household visitation 1854 (with map) 271 statistical returns of church work 1891-1904, 1965, 1968, 1971 272 Stewardship Committee, visitors' list area 7 c.1964 273 choir receipts and vouchers 1897-1903 274 Communicants' Guild, members' booklet n.d. 275 guild of service diary 1920 276 vicar's bible class, minute book 1905-1910 277 girls' bible class, cash book 1948-1951 278 Diocesan Home and Foreign Mission Association, receipts and correspondence 1902-1903 279 British and foreign Bible Society, correspondence 1947-1954
280-287 Church of England Young Men's Society 280 committee minute book 1931-1935 281 committee minute book 1935-1946 (Society ceased) 282 minutes of annual general meetings 1931-1938 283 sub-committee minutes 1934-1936
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SEL 270-306 Church :Societies and Parochial Work (continued) 280-287 Church of 'ngland Young Men's Society (continued) 284 membership register 1924-1930 (with lists of speakers at meetings) 285 membership register 1931-1940 286 membership register 1940-1946 287 correspondence 1931-1946, one item 1962
288 St Mary's Guild, receipts and vouchers 1897-1909 289 Women's Association, cash book 1906-1909 290 Abbey Bazaar Committee, minutes 1913-1914 291 list of members subscribing to lectures in the scriptorium 1964 292 children's corner, cash book 1946-1953 293 Boy Scouts' Association, correspondence 1911-1916 294 Abbey Open Youth Club, accounts 1965 295 Abbey Junior Youth Club, accounts 1965-1967 296 Hawdon Institute, builders' account 1924-1925 297 receipts for coronation celebrations 1902 298 Abbey Book Table, bank books 1947-1951 299 draft prospectus for Society of Friends of Selby Abbey 1946 300 list of parishioners serving in HM Forces (n.d. 1939-1945)
301-305 parish magazine 301 accounts 1948-1949 302 accounts 1947-1956 (includes Book Table and Guide Book accounts) 303 receipts and vouchers 1900-1902 304 parish magazines: Mar. 1892 - Dec. 1893; June 1896; May, Sep. 1902; Apr. 1904; July 1909; Feb., Mar. 1946; Nov., Dec. 1948; 1952-1972 (some gaps) 305 'The Bridge' - journal for Selby Abbey, Selby Methodist Church and Selby United Reformed Church 1973-1977
306 Selby Abbey Directory 1948
307-327 Miscellaneous 307 collectors' book for window, house and other new taxes 1788 [see also ) 342-3463 308 collectors' book for window, house and other new taxes 1789 309 Urban Sanitary Authority register of houses 1874 310 orders passed at meeting of the Selby Amicable Society held 4 Dec. 1810 311 subscription list for Selby prison 1824 312 share certificates for Selby Public Rooms 1860 313 subscription list for building fund for Mechanics' Institute n.d, continued PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) (continued)
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SEL 307-327 Miscellaneous (continued) 314 flood relief fund accounts 1947 315 A Bill for making a railway from Kingston upon Hull to Selby 1836 316 An Act to enable the Leeds and Selby Railway Company to improve the line of the said railway, 3 July 1835 317 reference to a plan of the manor and parish of Selby compiled from a survey made by William Dickinson in 1640, revised under the direction of the Commissioners for inclosure by William Harper 1802 318 extracts from inclosure award 319 sketch plan of the parish, n.d. no scale 320 map of East Riding section of the parish, scale 1 inch to 200 feet 321 Selby Abbey estates 1 memorandum from court of Common Pleas, Edward Talbott to Thomas walmesley, acknowledgement of debt of 25000 27 Eliz. 2 copy of final concord, John Hale, querent and Edward Talbott, deforciant, estate of Selby Easter 37 Eliz. 3 copy of final concord, Thomas Walmesley, querent and John Hale, deforciant, estate at Selby Easter, 40 Eliz. 4 copy of bill of complaint in Exchequer, Easter Term 12 James I, concerning fee.form of freiston (gives descent of estate since 1551) 5 copy of answer of Charles Walmaley esq. and George Norrett to bill of complaint of Henry Cooke, Edward Waller, Richard Cooke and Edward Cook, concerning timber in Sparke Hogg n.d. (post 1642) 322 correspondence concerning a matrix of the seal of Abbot William de Aslakeby (1282), found on Dogger Bank 1914 323 printed programme of the excursion of the Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association to Selby and Hemingbrough 28 Aug. 1878 324 guide books and printed accounts of Abbey (3 items) 325 scrapbook of historical and antiquarian notes and cuttings 326 verse and prose extracts n.d. 327 account book of J. Lumb of Selby and Hull, merchant, 1827-1845
328 Manuscript copy of parish register 1579-1627 [see 1 also]
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Nos. 26-328 deposited by Rev. M.W. Escritt, The Abbey Vicarage, Selby Oct. 1984 PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) (continued)
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SEL 329 Church collection book for sacrament money 1767-1889 (with numbers of communicants from 1820)
330 Faculties 1907-1975 (51 items plus correspondence) 331 Specifications and estimates for new abbey organ 1908, with papers relating to further work done in 1930 and 1937
332 Glebe terriers 1781-1896, with copies (9 items)
333-335 London Gazette 333 30 Oct. 1866 334 24 May 1907 335 14 Apr. 1917
336-337 Churchwardens' accounts [see also 50-71] 336 churchwardens' assessment 1780 337 list of churchwardens 1800-1867
338-339 Overseers [see also 50-58, 72-86] 338 assessment books 1750, 1755, 1761, 1764, 1766, 1769-1774, 1779, 1808 (15 items) 339 workhouse accounts 1747-1753
340 Constables' assessment 1780-1781 [see also 50-57, 87] 341 PCC minute book 1942-1966 [see also 89-92]
342-346 Tax assessments [see also 307-308] 342 land tax 1743 343 land and window tax 1756 344 window tax 1760, 1773 345 window tax 1782 346 window tax 1785
347 Scheme for Rayner and Audus charities 22 Nov. 1927 348 Scheme for Blue Coat and Grey Coat charities 13 Apr. 1934 [see also 230-2453
349-351 Sale particulars 349 corn mills and dwelling houses in Selby 25, 26 Nov. 1835 350 estates at Cliffe, Barlby, Riccall, Osgodby, South Duffield, Hemingbrough and Fulford in East Riding and Newsy in West Riding 17 July 1862 351 building estate at Selby 28 July 1893
352 Copy of grant by Crown to Edward, earl of Lincoln and Christopher Gowffe of West Horsley, Surrey, gent., of lands in Buckinton, George Mynnett and Satterley in Devon and Belthorpe and Balne in Yorkshire, with tithes of hay of Hemsall (Yorks.) 22 Eliz. continued PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) (continued)
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SEL 353 Rev. A.G. Tweedie and William Thompson, agreement for tenancy of land at Tollerton 15 Dec. 1903
354 Copy of award to Market Weighton Drainage and Navigation Commissioners 1800
355 Confirmation from King Edward II to the abbot and convent of Selby of the licence he previously gave them to acquire 28 pounds' worth of land, tenements and rents, notwith- standing the Statute of Mortmain. He now grants his licence to Thomas de Acastre permitting him to give to the abbey 5 acres of wood in Acaster [Selby] which he held of the abbey. An inquisition conducted by John de Eure, the King's eschaetor beyond the Trent, has found that the 5 acres of wood are worth 2s. 6d. This property is to be part of the 28 pounds' worth they are allowed to acquire. Westminster, 25 January, 8 Edward II [1315] fragment of the Great Seal of England, green wax, on gree and white silk cords Endorsed: xxxviij: de terra Thome de Acastria; a memorandum of enrolment in the Exchequer, Trinity term, 27 Edward III; and other later endorsements
356-371 Parish registers see also 1-25] 356 baptisms 1908-1922 357 baptisms 1922-1941 358 baptisms 1941-1961 359 baptisms 1962-1989 360 baptisms 1989-1993 361 marriages 1911-1918 362 marriages 1918-1931 363 marriages 1931-1941 364 marriages 1941-1949 365 marriages 1949-1957 366 marriages 1957-1967 367 marriages 1967-1972 368 marriages 1972-1978 369 marriages 1978-1986 370 burials 1919-1936 371 burials 1936-1962
continued Nos. 329-355 deposited by Rev. M. Escritt, Abbey Vicarage, Selby May 1985 Parish Records (on deposit)
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PR SEL 372 Banns of marriage, 1972-1986 [see also 26-33]
373 Banns of marriage, 1986-1990
374 Confirmation register, 1960-1987 [see also 45]
PR SEL 375-376 Registers of Services [see also 34-44]
375 1975-1982
376 1982-1989
PR SEL 377 Printed accounts of Selby abbey’s history, including pictures, 1887-1969
378 Advertising folder relating to the Selby abbey restoration fund, c.1960
PR SEL 379 Selby Blue Coat charity minutes and account book, 1878-1990.
PR SEL 380 Selby Blue Coat charity applicants book, 1850-1890
PR SEL 381 Correspondence and papers relating to the Selby Blue Coat charity, 1875-1883 (5 items)
PR SEL 382 Confirmation register, 1946-1959 ( and sheet for 1945)
PR SEL 383 Marriage Register, 1986-1998
PR SEL 384 Burial Register, 1962-2002
PR SEL 385 Baptism Register, 1993-1997
PR SEL 386 Baptism Register, 1997-2002
PR SEL 387 Quinquennial Inspection Feb/March 1997
PR SEL 388 Quinquennial Inspection Sept. 2000
PR SEL 389 Quinquennial Inspection May 2005
nos. 356-376 deposited Nov. 1994; nos. 377-378 deposited Apr. 1998; nos. 379-381 deposited Nov. 2001.
Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, York
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PR SEL 390 Organ, estimates for repair, restoration undertaken and correspondence, 1997-1998
PR SEL 391 Eastern choir stain glass repairs, 2003
PR SEL 392 Selby Abbey Trust Appeal including copy of Selby Abbey official published guide, 1987; Monumentum newsletter, Spring 2003; copy of 100 Most Endangered Sites 2002 from the World Monuments Watch, which included Selby Abbey
PR SEL 393 Miscellanea, 1990s; copy of programme of installation of Bridget Fitzalan Howard and Lady Martin Fitzalan Howard as High Stewards, May 1997; post card from Simon Callow stating support for Selby Abbey Trust, 1999; copy of draft of Trust constitution; history of Selby Abbey central tower
PR SEL 394 Selby Abbey Trust and Restoration Appeal, 1998-2006
1/ Deed, 1973; Supplemental Deed, May 1974; Agreement with National Coal Board, August 1975; Supplemental Deed, June 1994
2/ Review addressing Selby Abbey position as one of the top 100 endangered sites in the world
3/ Conservation plans, final version, Dec. 2002
4/ Conservation reports
5/ Repairs to North Choir and Lathan Chapel submitted in early 2002 by William Anelay
6/ Further submission for repairs in North Choir by William Anelay, March 2002
7/ West Font repairs and alterations
8/ West Font drawings
9/ 1992 Appeal for Selby Abbey project including 1974 Trust progress report; Selby Abbey Civic Society Bulletin, April 1973; newsletters, 1973 and 1974; ecumenical message, undated
10/ Selby Abbey Appeal video
Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, York
X:\Finding Aids\Parish Records\S\Selby abbey.doc Parish Records (on deposit)
SELBY ABBEY (continued)
PR SEL
395 18 slides of Selby Abbey tomb slabs
396 7 drawings of Selby Abbey, 19th-20th centuries
397 Surveyors’s Account Book, 1767-1823
398 Register of banns of marriage, 1990 – 2009 [see also 26-33, 372-2]
PR SEL 399-402 Registers of Services [see also 34-44, 375-6]
399 Register of Services, Dec 1957 – May 1977
400 Register of Services, Sep 2004 – Mar 2010
401 Register of Services, St Richard’s Selby Jun 1977 – Dec 1998
402 Register of Services, St Richard’s Selby, Jan 1999 – Dec 2008
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Nos 398 – 402 deposited 2015, acc. 2015/004
Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, York
X:\Finding Aids\Parish Records\S\Selby abbey.doc PR PARISH RECORDS
SELBY (The Abbey) New Ainsty D. (W.R.) now Deanery of Selby
See xerox copy (Historical Manuscripts Commission, NRA) of complete list in Search Room Parish Records Book
Documents are housed in: The Scriptorium of the Abbey, two safes in the Vestry and a safe in the Vicarage PR PARISH RECORDS (on microfilm)
SELBY ABBEY
1-16 Parish registers 1 1579-1627 2 marriages) 1620-1686 burials ) 3 baptisms 1621-1686 4 marriages 1653-1656 1662-1712 5 baptisms 1688-1720 marriages 1687-1695 burials 1689-1721 6 1721-1726 7 1727-1747 8 baptisms) 1749-1777 burials marriages 1749-1754 9 marriages 1754-1802 10 baptisms) 1777-1785 burials ) 11 baptisms) 1786-1792 burials ) 12 baptisms) 1793-1806 burials )
13 baptisms) 1806-1812 burials ) marriages 1802-1812 14 marriages 1813-1837 15 baptisms 1813-1828 16 burials 1813-1836
17 baptisms 1829-1859
See xerox copy (Historical Manuscripts Commission, NRA) of complete list in search room Parish Records book
Documents are housed in: The Scriptorium of the Abbey, two safes in the Vestry and a safe in the Vicarage