Includes register of christenings, 1869-1970; register of marriages, 1870-1983; register of burials, 1949-1967; register of banns, 1870-1987; register of services, 1877-1974; records concerning benefice income, including correspondence regarding benefaction, 1870; churchwardens’ records, including correspondence regarding sale of churchyard land, 1898; school records, including managers' minutes of meetings, 1892-1932, and specification for building wall, 1872; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1870-1944, and accounts 1919-1960.
Parish records of York, Holy Trinity, Heworth
- For more information, email the repository
- Advice on accessing these materials
- Cite this description
- Bookmark:http://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb193-pr/y/hew
- This material is held at
- ReferenceGB 193 PR/Y/HEW
- Dates of Creation1869-1987
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description0.19 cubic metres
10 boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The church of Holy Trinity, Heworth was consecrated in 1869, and 1870 separated from the parish of York, St Saviour in 1870 to form the modern parish of York, Holy Trinity Heworth.
In 1936 parts of Huntington, Osbaldwick and York, St Cuthbert were added to the parish., and a mission chapel in the western part of the parish was dedicated to St Wulfstan in 1941. The parish also included Christ Church on Stockton Lane from 1964 until 1998 when it separated to form an independent parish.
The church is built in the Early English style by architect George Fowler Jones and contains a large wooden reredos made in the Bavarian town of Oberammergau.
Arrangement
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
Access Information
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.
Acquisition Information
The archive was deposited in 1969 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1982 and 1992.
Note
The church of Holy Trinity, Heworth was consecrated in 1869, and 1870 separated from the parish of York, St Saviour in 1870 to form the modern parish of York, Holy Trinity Heworth.
In 1936 parts of Huntington, Osbaldwick and York, St Cuthbert were added to the parish., and a mission chapel in the western part of the parish was dedicated to St Wulfstan in 1941. The parish also included Christ Church on Stockton Lane from 1964 until 1998 when it separated to form an independent parish.
The church is built in the Early English style by architect George Fowler Jones and contains a large wooden reredos made in the Bavarian town of Oberammergau.
Other Finding Aids
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 1992.
Alternative Form Available
Registers of christenings, 1869-1954, marriages, 1870-1966, and burials, 1949-1967, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 826-827).
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.
Archivist's Note
Created by S. A. Shearn, 19.11.15.
Parish schema applied by A. F. Medcalf 09.03.21
Conditions Governing Use
A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the document. Copies are supplied in accordance with the Borthwick Institute for Archives' terms and conditions for the supply of copies, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of documents in the custody of the Borthwick Institute must be sought.
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
Additional Information
Published
GB 193