SPROTBORUGH, ST EDMUND PARISH RECORDS

Comprising: Registration: Registers of Baptisms 1954-1971, Registers of Marriages 1973-1990, Registers of Banns 1973-1975, Registers of Services 1954-1990; PCC minutes 1955-1983 accounts 1955-1990 parish magazines 1984-1994; other records 1954-1994

This parish was created out of the parishes of Sprotbrough St Mary and Doncaster St George. The church lies near the site of the pre-Reformation hospital dedicated to St Edmund.

St Edmund's church centre is on the site of a medieval chapel and hospital for the reception of travellers. By 1841 the site was occupied by Anchorage Farm and during World War II the buildings were used for military purposes. Thereafter the farm fell into disrepair and was bought in 1952 by the Diocese of Sheffield. The eastern part of Sprotbrough parish was transferred to the ancient parish of Doncaster (St George), and a disused barn converted into St Edmund's church centre. The opening and dedication ceremony took place on 27 February 1954. The church became a conventional district in 1990 and closed in 2009.

The collection is divided into seven series as follows:

P79/1: Registration, Church Services, and Worship

P79/2: Incumbent

P79/3: Churchwardens

P79/4: Parochial Church Council

P79/5: Auxiliary Organizations

P79/10: Photographs

P79/11: Miscellaneous

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For further records concerning St Edmund's, see the parish records of Doncaster, St George [P1]