Parish records of Skirpenbeck

Includes register of christenings, 1660-1993 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1777-1812); register of marriages, 1660-1753, 1755-1837; register of burials, 1660-1993 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1777-1812); register of banns, 1825-1963; register of services, 1932-1944; records concerning benefice income, including glebe papers, 1884, 1925; churchwardens’ accounts, 1874-1940; constables’ accounts and assessments, 1781-1838; records of incumbents, including mortgage for new parsonage house, 1841; overseers’ accounts and assessments, 1772-1837; school managers' minutes of meetings, 1902-1941; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including enclosure act, 1758.

The present parish church of St Mary’s, Skirpenbeck, dates to the twelfth century. In c.1150-1160 it was given by Walter de Chancy and his son to the Abbey of Whitby, who held the church and patronage until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, at which time it passed to the Crown. The church also had a chantry chapel dedicated to St Agatha.
The church tower was built in the eigtheenth century and the church was restored in 1893-1894 by architect Robert Keirle of London. A new rectory was built in 1841.
Today the parish is part of the benefice of Garrowby Hill, which also includes Bishop Wilton, Bugthorpe, Full Sutton and Kirby Underdale.

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 1966 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1980 and 1993.

The present parish church of St Mary’s, Skirpenbeck, dates to the twelfth century. In c.1150-1160 it was given by Walter de Chancy and his son to the Abbey of Whitby, who held the church and patronage until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, at which time it passed to the Crown. The church also had a chantry chapel dedicated to St Agatha.
The church tower was built in the eigtheenth century and the church was restored in 1893-1894 by architect Robert Keirle of London. A new rectory was built in 1841.
Today the parish is part of the benefice of Garrowby Hill, which also includes Bishop Wilton, Bugthorpe, Full Sutton and Kirby Underdale.

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, 1660-1993, marriages, 1660-1837, burials, 1660-1993, and banns, 1825-1860, 1886-1900, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 783, 1579, 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, 02.03.16.
Revised (schema arrangement and retroconversion) by E. Wilson, 24.4.2023.

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Further accruals are expected.

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