Parish records of Langton

Includes register of christenings, 1653-1981; register of marriages, 1655-1723, 1725-1754, 1756-1976, 1980-2013; register of burials, 1654-1980; register of banns, 1846-1951; register of services, 1885-1997; forms of services, 1887-1927; records concerning benefice income, including accounts and rentals, 1823-1829, glebe farm maps and surveys, 1786-1830, glebe leasing and sale papers, 1902-1903, 1927-1928, 1950-1954, glebe valuation, 1786, correspondence and papers, 1920-1961, and dispute over sheep-gates, 1862; churchwardens’ records, including accounts, 1721-1767, 1769-1921, 1946-1993, papers regarding rebuilding and repair of church, 1819-1863, and fabric papers, 1925-1982; records of incumbents, including benefice papers, 1946-1947, 1981-1986, parsonage house papers, 1820, 1931-1956, statistical returns, 1912-1940, 1951, and dilapidations papers, 1931-1960; overseers’ records, including accounts, 1834-1850, and rates, 1850-1864; surveyors’ accounts, 1771-1850; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1881-1889, 1929-1955, 1969-2000, and enclosure agreement, 1650.

The existence of a church at Langton is believed to have been recorded in Domesday in the eleventh century, although the identification is not certain.
It was later given by Robert de Stuteville to William de Vescy at the time of William’s marriage to his daughter Burga de Stuteville in the twelfth century. Burga subsequently gave it to the Priory of Malton, who held it until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, at which the advowson passed to the Crown.
The church, which is dedicated to St Andrew, was largely rebuilt in 1822, although it retained features from the earlier building, such as its seventeenth century panelling. Its stained glass windows date from the second half of the nineteenth century and are by J. W. Knowles of York.
Today the parish, which includes the hamlet of Kennythorpe, is part of the benefice of West Buckrose, which also includes. The united parish also includes Acklam, Birdsall, Burythorpe, Leavening, North Grimston, Settrington with Scagglesthorpe, and Westow.

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 1967 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1981, 1996, 2007 and 2013.

The existence of a church at Langton is believed to have been recorded in Domesday in the eleventh century, although the identification is not certain.
It was later given by Robert de Stuteville to William de Vescy at the time of William’s marriage to his daughter Burga de Stuteville in the twelfth century. Burga subsequently gave it to the Priory of Malton, who held it until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, at which the advowson passed to the Crown.
The church, which is dedicated to St Andrew, was largely rebuilt in 1822, although it retained features from the earlier building, such as its seventeenth century panelling. Its stained glass windows date from the second half of the nineteenth century and are by J. W. Knowles of York.
Today the parish, which includes the hamlet of Kennythorpe, is part of the benefice of West Buckrose, which also includes. The united parish also includes Acklam, Birdsall, Burythorpe, Leavening, North Grimston, Settrington with Scagglesthorpe, and Westow.

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 2013.

Registers of christenings, 1653-1885, marriages, 1655-1885, burials, 1654-1885, and banns, 1846-1900, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 720, 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, 24.02.16.

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