Parish Records of Londesborough

Finding Aid

PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit)

LONDESBOROUGH (Harthill D) E.R. now deanery of Weighten

LON 1- 7 Parish registers [see also 9, 86] 1 1580-1633 2 1653-1707 3 1707-1791 (marriages to 1769 only) (terriers for 1685, 1770, 1777) 4 marriages 1759-1811 5 baptisms) burials ) 1792-1812 6 baptisms 1813-1941 7 marriages 1813-1837

8 Accounts book containing churchwardens' accounts 1768-1889; overseers' accounts 1769-1802; 'Cavalry' accounts 1797; 'Navy' accounts 1797; constables' accounts 1767-1857; surveyor of highways' accounts 1793-1803; bylawmen's accounts 1805-1819 9 Marriage register 1838-1980 [see also 1-7, 86] 10 Banns book 1823-1918

11 Register of services 1919-1932 [see also 27-30] 12 Letter book of R.C.R. Godwin, of West Knoyle, Wiltshire 1865-1869

13 Parochial Church Council minute book 1932-1960 [see also 58-61 79-81] 14 Knowlson's Charity account book 1930-1946, with notes on the charity [see also 64] 15-17 Glebe papers [see also 32-40, 69-72] 15 terrier 1809 16 terrier 1972 (amended) 17 coresspondence over glebe 1968-1975

18 Licence for interments in additional churchyard pending consecration 1897 [see also 54]

19 Letter about re-leading of window on south side of tower 5pp ,65-68] 20 Instrument fixing table of fees 1943

21 Correspondence, reports and plan relating to the rectory house [see also 41-49, 73-79] 1957-1976 22 Letters of institution etc., of rectors of Londesborough 1 Rev. E.A. Bailey 1952 [see also 55-57 82] 2 Rev. J.S. Seller 1960 continued PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) (continued)

LONDESBOROUGH (continued)

LON 23-25 Londesborough Church of England School 23 managers' minute book 1927-1944 24 school cash book 1902-1915 [see also 63] 25 correspondence about appointment of a teacher 1915

26 Miscellanea printed historical notes on Kirkby Wharfe by Richard Wilton, rector of Londesborough; newspaper cuttings and miscellaneous papers (historical and theological)

27-30 Service registers [see also 11] 27 1903-1919 28 1932-1943 29 1943-1953 with table of numbers of communicants and amount of collections 1933-1946 30 1963-1970

31 Transcript of baptismal registers 1653-1930, made c. 1930

32-40 Benefice income [see also 15-17 , 69-72] 32 glebe terrier 1781 33 glebe terrier 1786 34 glebe terrier 1849 (two copies) 35 glebe terrier 1857 36 glebe terrier 1897 37 glebe terrier 1904 38 copy deed of release of fee farm rent charged upon benefice 1958 39 letter enclosing copy wayleave consent for electricity supply 1968

40 long and ordinary dilapidations' assessments 1972

41-49 Parsonage house papers [see also 21 73-797 41 mortgage for £395 for making additions, alterations and sanitary improvements 1904 42 mortgage for £115 under Dilapidations' Act of 1871, purpose unstated 1915 43 mortgage for £84 and correspondence relating to installation of heating system 1931 44 plans for proposeddivision and alterations 1951 45 consent and mortgage for £40 for replacement of heating system 1954 [see also 74] 46 charging assessment under Dilapidations' Measures 1923-1951 for £49. 15s. 3d. 47 consent and mortgage for £831 for installation of central heating 1966 (continued Nos. 1- 8 deposited by the Rev. J.S. Seller, The Rectory, Londesborough Sep. 1967 Nos. 9-26 deposited by the Rev. J.S. Seller, The Rectory, Londesborough Nov. 1981 PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) (continued)

LONDESBOROUGH (continued)

LON 41-49 Parsonage house papers (continued) 48 correspondence and order relating to repairs 1972 49 correspondence relating to proposed new rectory 1975

50-53 Church fabric [see also 19, 65-68] 50 letter enclosing report on condition of church tower 1916 51 faculty for erection of war memorial tablet 1919 52 public liability insurance policy for church 1937-1938 53 letter, survey report, specification and guarantee relating to woodworm treatment 1972

54 Plan of propsed addition to churchyard 1897 [see also 18

55-57 Incumbent [see also 22", 82] * 55 memorandum of reading in of Rev. E.A. Bailey 1954 56 letter from archbishop relating to appointment of Rev. J.S. Seller 1960 57 Order of Church Commissioners relating to renewal of holding in plurality the benefices of Londesborough, Burnby and Nunburnholme 1974

58-61 Parochial Church Council [see also 13, 79-81] 58 minutes of PCC 1920-1923 59 minutes of PCC 1923-1932 60 income and expenditure account 1972 61 electoral roll 1932-1967

62 Minutes of entertainment committee 1923-1925, with accounts 1923-1933

63 School cash book 1892-1902 [see also 24]

* transferred to Nunburnholme 27 Nov. 1990

continued

Nos. 27-63 deposited by Rev. J.S. Seller, The Rectory, Londesborough, York Sep. 1988 PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) (continued)

LONDESBOROUGH (Harthill D) (continued) LON 64 Knowlton's Charity Barclay account book Dec. 1914 - Mar. 1946 [see also 14]

65-68 Church fabric [see also 19, 50-53] 65 Alliance Assurance Insurance policy c.1930 66 Ecclesiastical Insurance Office fire insurance policy Apr. 1936 67 Sun Insurance Office third party indemnity and burglary policies July 1952 68 The Hall and Bradfield Organ Company tuning contract Mar. 1953

69-72 Benefice income [see also 15-17, 32-40] 69 Ecclesiastical Dilapidations' ordinary assessment 1923 70 Ecclesiastical Dilapidations' ordinary assessment 1926 71 Ecclesiastical Dilapidations' ordinary assessment 1952 72 Ecclesiastical Dilapidations and long assessment 1957

73-78 Parsonage house papers [see also 21, 41-49] 73 2 letters from Biscomb and Ferrey, surveyors, regarding proposed alterations to the cottage portion of the rectory June 1951 74 mortgage of £40 for replacement of heating system (church chest copy) June 1954 [see also 45] 75 York Dilapidations' Board letter and surveyors' report Apr. 1957 [see also 72] 76 PCC notice of cessation of statutory limitation of rate liability Dec. 1957 77 schedule of quinquennial repairs under the Benefice Buildings Repair Measure July 1986 78 5 small receipts 1883-86; 1949

79-81 Parochial Church Council [see also 13, 58-61] 79 accounts' sheet 1970 80 accounts' sheet for the Flower Festival Weekend c.1970 81 applications for the church electoral roll Feb. 1932 [see also 61]

82 Institution of Rev. E.A. Bailey as rector ofLondesborough with memorandum of reading in and order to perform services Sep. 1952 [see also 22, 55-57]

83 Programmes and a score sheet relating to the 'Yorkshire Choral Competitions' 1906-1910 (8 items)

84 Correspondence relating to the recovery of the first Londesborough parish register with an extract from the Hull Times May 1941 (6 items)

85 Programme for the Plough Sunday Service to be broadcast 7 Jan. 1951

continued Nos. 64-85 deposited by M.W. Glover, 3 Sow Hill Road, Beverley, Humbs. Nov. 1990 PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) (continued)

LONDESBOROUGH (continued) LON 86 Register of burials 1813-1992 [see also 1-7, 9-10]

No. 86 deposited by REv. K.G. Skipper, 3c Fairview, Shiptonthorpe,York June 1993