Parish records of Great Givendale

Includes register of christenings, 1658-1675, 1703-1706, 1710-1812, 1814-1991; register of marriages, 1657-1677, 1703-1704, 1711-1752, 1754-1837, 1839-1976; register of burials, 1657-1674, 1703-1705, 1712-1811, 1816-1984 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1778-1811, ages only from 1786); register of confirmations, 1882-1895; register of banns, 1824-1947; register of services, 1947-1994; records concerning benefice income, including tithe composition papers, 1842, report on income, 1870, and papers, 1939; churchwardens’ records, including minutes, 2007, accounts, 1849, restoration papers, 1885-1886, and fabric papers, 1888, 1906-1907, 1915, 1945-1967; records of incumbents, including parish history, 1870, benefice papers, 1871, and statistical returns, 1937; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1964-2007, annual reports and accounts, 2001-2008, sale catalogues for Grimthorpe estate, 1914, and Wellgarth Farm estate, 1922; minutes of annual meeting of parishioners, 2003-2007; printed history of Great Givendale with Grimthorpe, 1870; photograph of church interior, 1988.

A chapel existed at Great Givendale in the twelfth century, subordinate to the mother church of Pocklington. In 1252 a vicarage was ordained jointly in the chapels of Givendale and Millington, and the united benefice remained subject to the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean of York as Prebend of Givendale until the nineteenth century. During the second half of the twentieth century the vicar of Pocklington was also vicar of the parishes of Great Givendale and Millington.
The parish church is dedicated to St Ethelburga. Although parts of it date to the twelfth century, it was largely rebuilt in 1849 and a new vestry added in 1886.
The parish includes Great Givendale and the hamlet of Grimthorpe. Today it is part of the united benefice of Pocklington Wold, which also includes Huggate, Kilnwick Percy, Millington, Nunburnholme and Pocklington.

This arrangement was designed to reflect the principal activities of the parish and its associated organisations, and to aid researchers in identifying the records these activities generate. This arrangement was introduced in 2020. Records are arranged within the following alphabetical series but retain their original archival reference at file/item level:
A: Parish Registers
B: Church Ceremonial
C: Parish Clergy
D: Property - Religious
E: Property - Secular
F: Parish Administration and Officers
G: Parish Social and Evangelical Activities
H: Overseer of the Poor and Parish Charity
J: Schools
K: Promotional and Informational Material

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 1977. Further additions were made to the archive in 1979, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2015.

A chapel existed at Great Givendale in the twelfth century, subordinate to the mother church of Pocklington. In 1252 a vicarage was ordained jointly in the chapels of Givendale and Millington, and the united benefice remained subject to the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean of York as Prebend of Givendale until the nineteenth century. During the second half of the twentieth century the vicar of Pocklington was also vicar of the parishes of Great Givendale and Millington.
The parish church is dedicated to St Ethelburga. Although parts of it date to the twelfth century, it was largely rebuilt in 1849 and a new vestry added in 1886.
The parish includes Great Givendale and the hamlet of Grimthorpe. Today it is part of the united benefice of Pocklington Wold, which also includes Huggate, Kilnwick Percy, Millington, Nunburnholme and Pocklington.

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 2015.

Registers of baptisms, 1658-1991, marriages, 1657-1839, burials, 1657-1984, and banns, 1824-1900, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 689, 882, 1761).
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, 12.02.16.
Revised (Schema arrangement and retroconversion) 01.04.2021 by N Adams.

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.

See, A. Gibbons, ed. 'The Northern Genealogist ,' Volume 3 (1900), for transcripts of Great Givendale parish register, 1699-1710.

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