Parish records of Askham Richard

Includes register of christenings, 1579-1964; register of marriages, 1579-1837, 1842-1979; register of burials, 1579-1992; register of services, 1935-1976; records concerning benefice income, including glebe papers, 1897-1899, and map, 1897; charity records, including lease, 1602, and Hudson's Charity trustees' minutes of meetings, 1893-1976; churchwardens’ records, including accounts, 1826-1921, and briefs, 1660-1664; constables’ records, including accounts, 1826-1842; records of incumbents, including statistical returns, 1891-1902; overseers’ records, including accounts, 1827-1837; surveyors’ records, including accounts, 1827-1845; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1851-1878, 1955-1964.

The parish of Askham Richard, which has sometimes been known as ‘Little Askham’ or 'West Askham', adjoins the parish of Askham Bryan. The 'Richard' in the name is believed to refer to Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1209-1272).
The advowson of the parish church of St Mary was granted to William de Tykhill by Roger de Mowbray in the twelfth century. In 1329 a vicarage was ordained there and St Mary’s was appropriated to the Priory of Nun Monckton.
The benefice was augmented in 1768 and the church was largely rebuilt in the 1870s.
Today Askham Richard is part of the parish of Marston Moor and the united benefice of North Ainsty, both of which also include Long Marston, Bilbrough, Rufforth and Tockwith.

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 1968 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1979, 1984, 1987 and 1992.

The parish of Askham Richard, which has sometimes been known as ‘Little Askham’ or 'West Askham', adjoins the parish of Askham Bryan. The 'Richard' in the name is believed to refer to Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1209-1272).
The advowson of the parish church of St Mary was granted to William de Tykhill by Roger de Mowbray in the twelfth century. In 1329 a vicarage was ordained there and St Mary’s was appropriated to the Priory of Nun Monckton.
The benefice was augmented in 1768 and the church was largely rebuilt in the 1870s.
Today Askham Richard is part of the parish of Marston Moor and the united benefice of North Ainsty, both of which also include Long Marston, Bilbrough, Rufforth and Tockwith.

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.

Registers of christenings, 1579-1964, marriages, 1579-1979, and burials, 1579-1992, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 632, 1590, 881, 1751).
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, 09.12.15
Revised (Schema arrangement and retroconversion) 01.2021 by N Adams

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.

Further accruals are expected.

For related material held by the Borthwick Institute, see the parish records of Askham Bryan which include a confirmation register, 1954-1976, covering both Askham Bryan and Askham Richard.

Yorkshire Parish Register Society, 'The registers of Askham Richard in the Ainsty of York, 1579-1812.' Transcribed and edited by Frederick William Slingsby (Leeds, 1908).

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