Parish records of Hovingham

Includes register of christenings, 1642-1889; register of marriages, 1642-1989; register of burials, 1642-1903 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1800-1812, causes infrequent); register of banns, 1842-1984; register of services, 1876-1902, 1922-1929, 1935-1937, 1956-1994; records concerning benefice income, including glebe lease, 1921, and correspondence, 1877; charity papers, 1886; churchwardens’ records, including accounts, 1721-1771, 1930-1933, fabric papers, 1821, 1909 (clock), 1912, 1950, church visitors' books, 1961-1963, 1974-1977, papers, 1825-1860, churchyard papers, 1912, and National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies record of church furnishings, 1989-1992; constables' accounts, 1703-1770; records of incumbents, including parsonage house deed, 1934, prayer lists of those killed, wounded and serving in the First World War, n.d; overseers' accounts and Poor Law papers, 1721-1771; records concerning parish rooms and societies, including Mothers' Union minutes of meetings, 1958-1973, and society accounts, 20th century; school records, including accounts, 1903-51, and return under 1902 Education Act, 1903; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1945-1993, accounts, 1915-1968, correspondence and papers, 1940, 1962, 1967-1973, minute book with accounts, 1903-1961, parish account book, 1701-1791, register parochial electors, 1933-1963, and parish magazine, 1908.

The existence of a church at Hovingham was recorded in Domesday in the eleventh century. It was granted to Newburgh Priory by Roger de Mowbray and the grant was confirmed by the Pope in 1199 and by the Dean and Chapter of York between 1204 and 1210.
At the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century the church passed to the Crown and was subsequently granted by James I to Henry Butler and Henry Ogle and their heirs. The advowson and tithes descended with the manor of Slingsby until 1860, when it was purchased from the Earl of Carlisle by Sir W. C. Worsley. The living was augmented in 1770, 1792, 1811 and 1814.
The parish church of All Saints dates to the eleventh century but was largely rebuilt in 1860 at the expense of the Worsley family. The church’s stained glass ranges in date from the 1860 rebuilding to more recent works by stained glass artist Harry Stammers in 1950 and 1962.
The parish historically included Airyholme, Baxtonhowe, Coulton, Fryton, Howthorpe, Scackleton, South Holme, Standmire and Wath. A chapel existed at Fryton from an early date and was mentioned in 1284-5, but it had fallen into ruin by the 1570s. In the early twentieth century a daughter church, dedicated to St George the Martyr, was built at Scackleton.
Today the parish, which includes All Saints Church, Hovingham, and St George the Martyr, Scackleton, is part of the united benefice of Street Parishes.

Records are open to the public, subject to the overriding provisions of relevant legislation, including data protection laws. 24 hours' notice is required to access photographic material.

The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute in 1978 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1979, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002 and 2012.

The existence of a church at Hovingham was recorded in Domesday in the eleventh century. It was granted to Newburgh Priory by Roger de Mowbray and the grant was confirmed by the Pope in 1199 and by the Dean and Chapter of York between 1204 and 1210.
At the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century the church passed to the Crown and was subsequently granted by James I to Henry Butler and Henry Ogle and their heirs. The advowson and tithes descended with the manor of Slingsby until 1860, when it was purchased from the Earl of Carlisle by Sir W. C. Worsley. The living was augmented in 1770, 1792, 1811 and 1814.
The parish church of All Saints dates to the eleventh century but was largely rebuilt in 1860 at the expense of the Worsley family. The church’s stained glass ranges in date from the 1860 rebuilding to more recent works by stained glass artist Harry Stammers in 1950 and 1962.
The parish historically included Airyholme, Baxtonhowe, Coulton, Fryton, Howthorpe, Scackleton, South Holme, Standmire and Wath. A chapel existed at Fryton from an early date and was mentioned in 1284-5, but it had fallen into ruin by the 1570s. In the early twentieth century a daughter church, dedicated to St George the Martyr, was built at Scackleton.
Today the parish, which includes All Saints Church, Hovingham, and St George the Martyr, Scackleton, is part of the united benefice of Street Parishes.

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 2012.

Registers of christenings, marriages, and burials, 1642-1885, and banns, 1842-1900, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 708, 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, 23.02.16.

A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the document. Copies are supplied in accordance with the Borthwick Institute for Archives' terms and conditions for the supply of copies, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of documents in the custody of the Borthwick Institute must be sought.

Further accruals are expected.

The parish records of Slingsby are also deposited at the Borthwick Institute.

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