Parish records of Thornton le Clay

Enclosure award, 1778.

The existence of a church at Foston was recorded in Domesday in the eleventh century. The advowson was granted to St Mary’s Abbey, York, at an early date, and they retained it until the Dissolution of the Monasteries when it passed to the Crown. In 1898 the advowson was transferred to the see of York.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints and dates from the first half of the twelfth century, with further additions made in the thirteenth. It was restored and expanded in 1911.
The parish historically included Flaxton and Thornton le Clay. A chapel of ease existed at Thornton in the sixteenth and seventeenth century, dedicated to St Mary, but has since been lost. In 1861 Flaxton separated from Foston to form a new parish, which included parts of neighbouring Bossall.
Today Foston, which still includes Thornton le Clay, is one of eight parishes within the united benefice of Harton.

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

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The item was transferred to the Borthwick Institute from the Diocesan Registry at an unknown date.

The existence of a church at Foston was recorded in Domesday in the eleventh century. The advowson was granted to St Mary’s Abbey, York, at an early date, and they retained it until the Dissolution of the Monasteries when it passed to the Crown. In 1898 the advowson was transferred to the see of York.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints and dates from the first half of the twelfth century, with further additions made in the thirteenth. It was restored and expanded in 1911.
The parish historically included Flaxton and Thornton le Clay. A chapel of ease existed at Thornton in the sixteenth and seventeenth century, dedicated to St Mary, but has since been lost. In 1861 Flaxton separated from Foston to form a new parish, which included parts of neighbouring Bossall.
Today Foston, which still includes Thornton le Clay, is one of eight parishes within the united benefice of Harton.

A typescript finding aid, to file level, is available for consultation in the searchroom of the Borthwick Institute.

Registers of christenings, marriages and burials for Foston and Thornton le Clay, 1588-1885, and banns, 1869-1900, are available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 686, 1761).

Created by S. A. Shearn, 14.03.16.
Revised (Schema arrangement and retroconversion) 11.02.2022 by N Adams

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Further accruals are not expected.

For registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, and other parish records relating to Thornton le Clay, see the parish records of Foston.

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