Parish records of Burnby

Includes register of christenings, 1584-1623, 1627-1990; register of marriages, 1584-1623, 1627-1835, 1838-1975; register of burials, 1584-1623, 1627-1992; register of services, 1916-1939; records concerning benefice income, including tithe papers, 1749, 1815, 1823, 1826, income returns, 1949-1952, correspondence, 1946, papers, 1947, sequestration papers, 1960, table of fees, n.d., 1946; churchwardens’ records, including accounts, 1813-1885, briefs, 1735-1751, fabric papers, 1946-1948, 1961-1967, restoration fund accounts, 1904-1910, and restoration specification and drawings, 1905; records of incumbents, including cover from early 15th century York Missal, parsonage house papers including dilapidation papers, 1930-1979, Diocesan Appeal correspondence, 1945-1947, benefice papers, 1959, and incumbents' papers including historical papers, 1817-1954; overseers’ records, including poor rate assessment, 1836, Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1886-1933, and insurance papers, 1939, 1947-1949.

Although no church was recorded at Burnby in Domesday, the present building, dedicated to St Giles, dates from at least the twelfth century. It was restored in 1583 and 1872.
The manor of Burnby belonged to the Archbishop of York from at least 1086 and from the thirteenth century both the manor and patronage of the church were held of the Archbishop by the Deyncourt family. The patronage passed to the Fulthorpes in the fourteenth century and subsequently to the Bromfletes, Lords Vescy, and then in the eighteenth century to the Dukes of Devonshire. By 1892 it was held by the Earl of Londesborough.
Historically, part of the township of Burnby lay in the adjoining parish of Hayton.
Today Burnby parish is part of Londesborough Wold benefice which is now part of the combined benefice of Pocklington Wold and Londesborough Wold within the Pocklington Group of Churches.

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 1967 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1981, 1988, 1990, 1993 and 1996.

Although no church was recorded at Burnby in Domesday, the present building, dedicated to St Giles, dates from at least the twelfth century. It was restored in 1583 and 1872.
The manor of Burnby belonged to the Archbishop of York from at least 1086 and from the thirteenth century both the manor and patronage of the church were held of the Archbishop by the Deyncourt family. The patronage passed to the Fulthorpes in the fourteenth century and subsequently to the Bromfletes, Lords Vescy, and then in the eighteenth century to the Dukes of Devonshire. By 1892 it was held by the Earl of Londesborough.
Historically, part of the township of Burnby lay in the adjoining parish of Hayton.
Today Burnby parish is part of Londesborough Wold benefice which is now part of the combined benefice of Pocklington Wold and Londesborough Wold within the Pocklington Group of Churches.

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 1996.

Registers of christenings, 1584-1990, marriages, 1584-1885, and burials, 1584-1992, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 658, 1883).
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, 22.12.2015
Parish schema applied by A. F. Medcalf 14.01.2021

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Further accruals are expected.

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