Parish records of York, St Margaret, Walmgate

Includes register of christenings, 1558-1970 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1784-1803); register of marriages, 1558-1973; register of burials, 1558-1854 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1784-1812); register of banns, 1848-1973; register of services, 1880-1973; register of confirmations and Communicants, 1910-1936; records concerning benefice income, including lists of fees, 1540, 1880, correspondence and papers, 1591-1608, 1880-1892, 1927, 1955, 1960-1961, glebe papers, 1897, and tithe papers, 1933-1950; charity records, including accounts, 1843-1975, correspondence and papers, 1740, 1904-1974, and deeds for Heworth, 1740-1892; churchwardens’ records, including accounts of wardens of fabric, 1394, accounts of wardens of Guild of St Anne, 1397, accounts, 1803-1883, 1953-1956, restoration papers, 1851-1852, 1880, 1885, fabric papers, 1839, 1846, 1925-1974, churchyard papers, 1854, lists of churchwardens, 1667-1692, elections of churchwardens, 1817-1908, and report on bells, 1977; records of incumbent, including sermon notes, c.1950, scrap book of notes covering the dates 1219-1954, papers regarding House of laity, Diocesan and Deanery Synods, 1970-1971, parsonage house papers, 1757,1767, 1889, 1955-1956, dilapidations papers, 1954, and photographs and sketches of rectors, 1892-1916; overseers’ records, including accounts, 1802-1830, and assessments, 1835-1837; records concerning parish rooms and societies, including letter about hall sale, 1959; school records, including managers' minutes of meetings, 1862-1881, 1903-1938, accounts, 1862-1881, 1895-1903, 1939-1956, correspondence and papers, 1863-1934, and building survey, 1897; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1908-1971, insurance papers, 1897, 1975, correspondence and papers, 1954, protestation return, 1641, electoral roll register, 1939-1953, and accounts, 1922-1974.

The church of York, St Margaret, Walmgate was first mentioned in a charter dated between 1177 and 1181 which granted the advowsons of St Margaret’s and St Mary’s, Walmgate, to St Leonard’s Hospital, York. By 1308 the two churches were united as one benefice and the advowson remained with St Leonard’s until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, when it passed to the Crown. In 1868 it was transferred to the Archbishop of York.
In 1548 a proposal was made to unite the parish with that of St Peter le Willows, and this took place in 1586. In 1649 the only income of the benefice was said to come from the rental of a tenement in Walmgate. This was augmented in 1717, 1754 and 1787 through Queen Anne’s Bounty, which was used to buy land at Murton, Fulford and Clifton. A further augmentation was received through the parliamentary fund in 1815 and the parish church was largely rebuilt in 1851-1852 by architect Thomas Pickersgill, with later stained glass by J. W. Knowles of York.
In 1974 the parish united with that of York, St Denys with St George, and the church of St Margaret was closed. Since 2000 it has housed the National Centre for Early Music.

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 1974 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1975, 1982, 1988, 1997 and 2000.

The church of York, St Margaret, Walmgate was first mentioned in a charter dated between 1177 and 1181 which granted the advowsons of St Margaret’s and St Mary’s, Walmgate, to St Leonard’s Hospital, York. By 1308 the two churches were united as one benefice and the advowson remained with St Leonard’s until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, when it passed to the Crown. In 1868 it was transferred to the Archbishop of York.
In 1548 a proposal was made to unite the parish with that of St Peter le Willows, and this took place in 1586. In 1649 the only income of the benefice was said to come from the rental of a tenement in Walmgate. This was augmented in 1717, 1754 and 1787 through Queen Anne’s Bounty, which was used to buy land at Murton, Fulford and Clifton. A further augmentation was received through the parliamentary fund in 1815 and the parish church was largely rebuilt in 1851-1852 by architect Thomas Pickersgill, with later stained glass by J. W. Knowles of York.
In 1974 the parish united with that of York, St Denys with St George, and the church of St Margaret was closed. Since 2000 it has housed the National Centre for Early Music.

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 2000.

Registers of christenings, 1574-1970, marriages, 1575-1973, burials, 1576-1854, and banns, 1848-1900, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 847-848, 1763).
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, 19.11.15

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