Parish records of New Malton, St Leonard

Includes register of christenings, 1600-1653, 1662-1956 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1782-1783); register of marriages, 1600-1653, 1662-1947; register of burials, 1600-1653, 1662-1893 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the year 1786); register of banns, 1754-1762, 1856-1941; register of services, 1938-1947; benefice income correspondence, 1754; charity notes, 1894; churchwardens’ records, including accounts 1863-1922, briefs, 1680-1685, restoration fund souvenir recipe book, 1907, and fabric papers, 1766, 1810, 1856, 1869, 1905-1957; records of incumbents, including parsonage house mortgage, 1865, and papers relating to the closure and disposal of the church, 1969-1970; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1863-1957, account, 1956, Missionary fund accounts, 1935-1957, magazines, 1917-1920, and a brochure on St Leonard's with a covering letter, 1971; photographs of interior and exterior of church, n.d. (before 1905).

New Malton St Leonard was originally one of two chapels of ease within the parish of Old Malton. It was first mentioned c.1150 when it was given, together with St Michael’s Chapel, to the Gilbertine Priory of Old Malton. Both chapels were situated in the new settlement built around a mile distant from the village of ‘old’ Malton, which had been burned in 1138, giving them their designation. The parish church at this time was St Mary’s, Old Malton.
The two chapelries were made into separate ecclesiastical parishes in 1855 and the single benefice formed of St Mary’s, St Michael’s and St Leonard’s was also separated into three. In 1928 the benefices of St Michael and St Leonard were united and in 2013 the united benefice was joined with Old Malton to form the new benefice of Malton and New Malton.
St Leonard’s Church dates to the twelfth century. The tower was built in the fifteenth century and originally had a stone spire, although this was later replaced by one made of timber and slate. The church was restored in 1907 by architect Charles Hodgson Fowler, at which time the south walls of the nave and chancel were entirely rebuilt and the windows replaced.
St Leonard’s was closed in 1969 and gifted to the Roman Catholic Church in 1971 as a gesture of ecumenical goodwill. It is now known as the Roman Catholic Church of St Leonard and St Mary. Today the area that formerly made up the parish of New Malton St Leonard is known simply as the parish of New Malton within the benefice of Malton and Old Malton.

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The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute in 1965 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1970, 1984 and 1991.

New Malton St Leonard was originally one of two chapels of ease within the parish of Old Malton. It was first mentioned c.1150 when it was given, together with St Michael’s Chapel, to the Gilbertine Priory of Old Malton. Both chapels were situated in the new settlement built around a mile distant from the village of ‘old’ Malton, which had been burned in 1138, giving them their designation. The parish church at this time was St Mary’s, Old Malton.
The two chapelries were made into separate ecclesiastical parishes in 1855 and the single benefice formed of St Mary’s, St Michael’s and St Leonard’s was also separated into three. In 1928 the benefices of St Michael and St Leonard were united and in 2013 the united benefice was joined with Old Malton to form the new benefice of Malton and New Malton.
St Leonard’s Church dates to the twelfth century. The tower was built in the fifteenth century and originally had a stone spire, although this was later replaced by one made of timber and slate. The church was restored in 1907 by architect Charles Hodgson Fowler, at which time the south walls of the nave and chancel were entirely rebuilt and the windows replaced.
St Leonard’s was closed in 1969 and gifted to the Roman Catholic Church in 1971 as a gesture of ecumenical goodwill. It is now known as the Roman Catholic Church of St Leonard and St Mary. Today the area that formerly made up the parish of New Malton St Leonard is known simply as the parish of New Malton within the benefice of Malton and Old Malton.

A typescript finding aid, to file level, is available for consultation in the searchroom of the Borthwick Institute. This includes all material received up to and including 1991.

Registers of christenings, marriages and burials, 1600-1885, and banns, 1856-1900, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 727-727, 1762).
Our collection of parish baptism, marriage and burial registers has been digitised by both Ancestry and Find My Past. Copies of digitised records can be viewed online on Ancestry or Find My Past, as part of larger UK-wide parish registers datasets. You can find out more about these record sets, and how to find our registers, here: https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/are-you-looking-for-parish-registers.

Created by S. A. Shearn, 26.02.16.

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Further accruals are not expected.

For register of confirmation candidates at St Michael's and St Leonard's, Malton, 1894-1996, see the parish records of New Malton, St Michael.

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