Parish records of Knapton

Includes register of christenings, 1834-1976 (note these registers also contain baptisms for Yedingham 1985-1993); register of marriages, 1760-1835, 1837-1970; register of banns, 1823-1965; register of services, 1949-1971; records concerning benefice income, including correspondence and papers, 1904-1912; churchwardens’ records, including accounts, 1796-1904, fabric papers, 1913, 1923-1956, and churchyard papers, 1912; records of incumbents, including correspondence, 1912, 1915, and statistical returns, 1936-1937; school records, including agreement to let schoolhouse, 1903.

The earliest church at Knapton is believed to date from the Norman period, although the present building was erected in 1870-1872 by John Gibson & Son of Malton. Traces of the earlier structure survive however in the Norman corbels next to the porch, the fourteenth century treble bell and the Royal Coat of Arms of King Charles II retained by the architects.
The church, which is dedicated to St Edmund, is situated in the parkland of Knapton Hall and was a chapelry within the parish of Wintringham. It was augmented through Queen Anne’s Bounty in 1742, 1770, 1789 and 1810, and through a Parliamentary Grant in 1828 and 1832. In the nineteenth century the advowson was held by the Tindall family, who were lords of the manor of Knapton.
The church became redundant in the 1970s and was appropriated for community services on the 24th Oct 1978. Today it is open for occasional services and is part of the united benefice of Buckrose Carrs, together with Thorpe Bassett, Rillington, Scampston, Wintringham, Yedingham, East and West Heslerton, and Sherburn.

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 1971 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1975, 1982 and 1993.

The earliest church at Knapton is believed to date from the Norman period, although the present building was erected in 1870-1872 by John Gibson & Son of Malton. Traces of the earlier structure survive however in the Norman corbels next to the porch, the fourteenth century treble bell and the Royal Coat of Arms of King Charles II retained by the architects.
The church, which is dedicated to St Edmund, is situated in the parkland of Knapton Hall and was a chapelry within the parish of Wintringham. It was augmented through Queen Anne’s Bounty in 1742, 1770, 1789 and 1810, and through a Parliamentary Grant in 1828 and 1832. In the nineteenth century the advowson was held by the Tindall family, who were lords of the manor of Knapton.
The church became redundant in the 1970s and was appropriated for community services on the 24th Oct 1978. Today it is open for occasional services and is part of the united benefice of Buckrose Carrs, together with Thorpe Bassett, Rillington, Scampston, Wintringham, Yedingham, East and West Heslerton, and Sherburn.

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 1993.

Registers of christenings, 1834-1856, marriages, 1760-1885, and banns, 1823-1900, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 719, 1762).
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, 24.02.16.
Revised (Schema arrangement and retroconversion) 24.03.2021 by N Adams

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Further accruals are not expected.

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