Parish records of Dunnington

Includes register of christenings, 1583-1593, 1613-1978; register of marriages, 1573-1596, 1606, 1615-1994, 1994-August 2019; register of burials, 1615-1996; register of banns, 1823-1987; register of confirmations, 1948-1988; register of services, 1866-1898, 1917-2004; communicants' roll, 1897-1899; records concerning benefice income, including tithe accounts, 1920-1932, statements of income, 1906-1917, and correspondence regarding glebe, 1900; charity records, including accounts, 1824-1902, names of recipients of medicine, 1879-1899, and correspondence, 1868-1910, 1969-1981; churchwardens’ records, including accounts, 1818-1913, briefs, 1674-1684, 1709, 1712-1724, fabric papers, 1911-1961, tenancy agreements, 1858-1859, 1868, churchyard papers, 1858, 1866, 1909-1911, and other papers, 1974-1988; constables’ records, including accounts. 1765-1844; records of incumbents, including patronage correspondence, 1948-1950, dilapidations, 1953-1962, and mortgage papers, 1960; records concerning parish rooms and societies, including accounts of Harvest Home, 1891, programme for parish show, 1911, and correspondence, 1958; surveyors’ records, including accounts, 1843-1956; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including annual reports, 1998-1999, 2001-2002, minutes of meetings, 1836-1879, 1928-2004, 2004-2017; accounts, 1994-2001, cash books, 1960-1967, and correspondence, 1982-1983; church log books, 1972-2005; parish magazines, 1971-1972, 1980-1998; electoral rolls, 1972-2012; churchyard plan and list of graves, 1983; and photographs, n.d.

The first recorded mention of a church at Dunnington was in 1220, although parts of the church itself date to the eleventh century. In 1225 the advowson was in the hands of Richard de Percy, whose family held it until 1537 when it reverted to the Crown. By 1642 it had passed to the Egerton family, earls of Bridgewater, and in 1823 to Viscount Alford, the earl’s heir. In 1950 the advowson was transferred to the Archbishop of York.
The parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas and was constructed between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries. The church tower was repaired in 1717 and its three aisles were rebuilt in 1839-1841. The building was restored by architect Charles Hodgson Fowler in 1877. A Lady Chapel was added in the 1930s and a church hall was built in 1987. A parsonage house existed from at least 1535. It was rebuilt in 1777 and then replaced in 1823-1824.
Today Dunnington parish is part of the united benefice of Rural East York, which also includes Holtby, Stockton on the Forest, and Warthill.

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 1964 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1983, 2006, 2007 and 2011.

The first recorded mention of a church at Dunnington was in 1220, although parts of the church itself date to the eleventh century. In 1225 the advowson was in the hands of Richard de Percy, whose family held it until 1537 when it reverted to the Crown. By 1642 it had passed to the Egerton family, earls of Bridgewater, and in 1823 to Viscount Alford, the earl’s heir. In 1950 the advowson was transferred to the Archbishop of York.
The parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas and was constructed between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries. The church tower was repaired in 1717 and its three aisles were rebuilt in 1839-1841. The building was restored by architect Charles Hodgson Fowler in 1877. A Lady Chapel was added in the 1930s and a church hall was built in 1987. A parsonage house existed from at least 1535. It was rebuilt in 1777 and then replaced in 1823-1824.
Today Dunnington parish is part of the united benefice of Rural East York, which also includes Holtby, Stockton on the Forest, and Warthill.

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 2007.

Registers of christenings, 1583-1885, marriages, 1573-1885, burials, 1615-1863, and banns, 1823-1900, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 676, 1791).
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, 02.02.16.
Revised (Schema arrangement and retroconversion) 15.08.2022 by N Adams

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Further accruals are expected.

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