Operation Firm Faith

Scope and Content

There are ten volumes for the archdeaconry of York, eight volumes for the archdeaconry of the East Riding and seven for the archdeaconry of Cleveland.

Administrative / Biographical History

A campaign to record the handing down of the Christian faith took place in the Diocese of York in 1956-57. As a result, each rural deanery produced a manuscript book with an entry for each parish, recording how Christianity came to the parish and what was being done to preserve it. Most books also contain a copy of the Creed, a brief account of the diocese, a map showing the divisions of archdeaconries and rural deaneries, and a page of heraldic shields for each of the churches in the deanery with the emblems of the saint of the dedication. (See GB 193 RD BEV 5 for a further example.)

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Ringbound handwritten volumes.