Parish records of Helperthorpe

Includes register of christenings, 1733-1917; register of marriages, 1733-1835, 1837-1977, 1980-2002; register of banns, 1831-1947; register of services, 1896-1975; churchwardens’ records, including fabric correspondence and papers, 1939-1959, and accounts, 1819-1925, 1946-1952; records of incumbents, including statistical returns, 1924-1928; parish magazines, 1924-1999.

Helperthorpe was originally a chapelry annexed to the nearby parish of Weaverthorpe but was later appropriated to the Dean and Chapter of York and a vicarage ordained therein in 1282. The parish remained subject to the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of York until the nineteenth century. Burials continued to take place at Weaverthorpe.
In 1856 Luttons Ambo was transferred from Weaverthorpe parish to Helperthorpe, and in 1873 the larger parish of Helperthorpe cum Luttons Ambo was granted to Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet, by the Dean and Chapter of York in exchange for Bishop Wilton.
Sykes funded the building of the new parish church of St Peter in 1875, replacing a sixteenth century structure. The new church was designed by architect George Edmund Street, with additions by Temple Moore. It was restored in 1998. The vicarage house was built in 1876.
In 1924 the benefices of Helperthorpe and Weaverthorpe were united. Today the parish of Helperthorpe forms part of the united benefice of Weaverthorpe with Helperthorpe, Luttons Ambo, Kirby Grindalythe and Wharram le Street

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 1979, 2000 and 2006.

Helperthorpe was originally a chapelry annexed to the nearby parish of Weaverthorpe but was later appropriated to the Dean and Chapter of York and a vicarage ordained therein in 1282. The parish remained subject to the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of York until the nineteenth century. Burials continued to take place at Weaverthorpe.
In 1856 Luttons Ambo was transferred from Weaverthorpe parish to Helperthorpe, and in 1873 the larger parish of Helperthorpe cum Luttons Ambo was granted to Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet, by the Dean and Chapter of York in exchange for Bishop Wilton.
Sykes funded the building of the new parish church of St Peter in 1875, replacing a sixteenth century structure. The new church was designed by architect George Edmund Street, with additions by Temple Moore. It was restored in 1998. The vicarage house was built in 1876.
In 1924 the benefices of Helperthorpe and Weaverthorpe were united. Today the parish of Helperthorpe forms part of the united benefice of Weaverthorpe with Helperthorpe, Luttons Ambo, Kirby Grindalythe and Wharram le Street

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 2006.

Registers of christenings, 1733-1885, marriages, 1733-1885, and banns, 1831-1900, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 700, 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, 19.02.16.
Revised (Schema arrangement and retroconversion) 01.10.2021 by N Adams

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Further accruals are expected.

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