Parish records of Naburn

Includes register of christenings, 1653-1877 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1778-1812); register of marriages, 1653-1835, 1839-2019; register of burials, 1653-1971 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1778-1811); register of banns, 1828-1981; register of services, 1904-1976; register of confirmations, 1955-1971; records concerning benefice income, including accounts, 1880-1888, note of tithes paid on meadow land, 1732, and glebe papers, 1951-1955; charity records, including papers relating to Howard Charity and Loftus Charity, c.1868-1997, correspondence and papers, 1951-1952, and minutes of meetings of distributions, 1900-1971; churchwardens’ records, including accounts, 1735-1772, copy conveyance of new church site with consecration, 1853-1854, agreement for use of old church, 1856, fabric papers, 1967-1977, 2007-2010, and churchyard papers, 1972; constables’ accounts, 1735-1772; overseers’ accounts, 1735-1772; records concerning parish rooms and societies, including Mothers' Union attendance register and record of speakers, 1954-1971, Mother's Union cash book, 1957-1971, Mothers' Union accounts, 1951-1971, and letters from bell-ringing teams, 1973-1974; school account book, 1902-1949; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes, 1921-1942, 1981-2002, accounts, 1921-1941, 1945-1978, 1982-1991, 1995-2010, agendas and draft minutes of meetings and financial papers, 1924-1989, insurance papers, 1927-1973, electoral papers, c.1970s, and parish note book, c.1929.

Naburn was a chapelry within the parish of St George, York, until 1586, and then within the united parish of St George’s and St Denys’s, York, although part of the village also lay within the parish of Acaster Malbis. In 1842 it was made a parish in its own right. At this time the parishioners were served by the chapel of St Nicholas in the grounds of Naburn Hall.
The advowson belonged to the Palmes family of Naburn Hall from 1842 until 1911, when it passed to the Archbishop of York. In 1951 the vicarage of Naburn was united with that of Stillingfleet.
The parish church of St Matthew the Apostle was erected in 1853-1854 to a design by George Townsend Andrews. It was renovated and reopened in 1889, with the addition of an organ and new choir stalls, as well as an oak screen and stained glass windows by J. W. Knowles of York.
A churchyard was consecrated there in 1854 and extended in 1905. Prior to this date, parishioners had been buried at St George’s churchyard in York or at Acaster Malbis. There was also a parsonage house in Naburn by the eighteenth century. It was replaced by a new brick vicarage in 1877.
The church required substantial renovations by the late 1980s and was briefly declared redundant when funding could not be found. However an appeal was launched by parishioners and the church was restored and rededicated by the Archbishop of York.
Today the parish is part of the benefice of Escrick and Stillingfleet with Naburn.

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 1969 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2013 and 2021.

Naburn was a chapelry within the parish of St George, York, until 1586, and then within the united parish of St George’s and St Denys’s, York, although part of the village also lay within the parish of Acaster Malbis. In 1842 it was made a parish in its own right. At this time the parishioners were served by the chapel of St Nicholas in the grounds of Naburn Hall.
The advowson belonged to the Palmes family of Naburn Hall from 1842 until 1911, when it passed to the Archbishop of York. In 1951 the vicarage of Naburn was united with that of Stillingfleet.
The parish church of St Matthew the Apostle was erected in 1853-1854 to a design by George Townsend Andrews. It was renovated and reopened in 1889, with the addition of an organ and new choir stalls, as well as an oak screen and stained glass windows by J. W. Knowles of York.
A churchyard was consecrated there in 1854 and extended in 1905. Prior to this date, parishioners had been buried at St George’s churchyard in York or at Acaster Malbis. There was also a parsonage house in Naburn by the eighteenth century. It was replaced by a new brick vicarage in 1877.
The church required substantial renovations by the late 1980s and was briefly declared redundant when funding could not be found. However an appeal was launched by parishioners and the church was restored and rededicated by the Archbishop of York.
Today the parish is part of the benefice of Escrick and Stillingfleet with Naburn.

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 2021.

Selected records, including registers of christenings, 1653-1877, marriages, 1653-1900, burials, 1653-1900, banns, 1828-1900, churchwardens' accounts, 1735-1772, and tithe rents, 1880-1888, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 742, 1753, 1766-1767).
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.
Revised (Schema arrangement and retroconversion) 29.10.2021 by N Adams

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Further accruals are expected.

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