Parish records of Holme on Spalding Moor

Includes register of christenings, 1559-1565, 1573-1593, 1598-1600, 1628-1980; register of marriages, 1559-1565, 1573-1593, 1598-1600, 1628-1749, 1754-2001; register of burials, 1559-1565, 1573-1593, 1598-1600, 1628-1971 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1786-1812, ages only); register of banns, 1823-2001; register of services, 1865-1898, 1902-1916, 1934-1967, 1972-1991; register of confirmations, 1943-1989; communicants' rolls, 1908-1912, 1917-1930; register of services at Bursea, 1903-1983; records concerning benefice income, including accounts of Easter dues, 1738-1754, 1762-1775, modus accounts, 1775-1830, 1840-1848, tithe accounts and correspondence, 1849-1856, 1871, 1874, 1891, 1895, 1899, 1917, 1949-1952 glebe correspondence and papers 1845-1850, 1872-1875, 1915-1977; charity schemes, 1889-1913; churchwardens’ records, including accounts, 1814-1917, restoration papers, 1877-1917, fabric papers, 1842, 1851-1853, 1903-1976, and churchyard papers, 1862-1869, 1926-1931, 1953, 1978-1979; records of incumbents, including personal and pastoral correspondence and papers, 1843-1946, parsonage house papers, 1963-1980, and statistical returns, 1902-1932; records concerning parish rooms and societies, including Female Benevolent Society/Holme Women's Club minutes, accounts, subscriptions and rules, 1839-1985, Society for Propagation of Gospel, King's Messengers' correspondence, 1905-1929, and the Missionary Society minutes of meetings, 1914-1921; school records, including managers' minutes of meetings, 1903-1942, general committee minutes of meetings, 1824-1848, accounts, 1825-1867, correspondence and papers, 1842, 1860-1881, 1902-1903, 1946-1951, 1966-1970, account of founding school, 1824, rules 1841, annual reports, 1848-1849, and agreement for schoolmaster at Almondbury School, 1850; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1869-1925, 1936-1967, 1976-1988, accounts, 1926-1947, 1955-1956, 1958-1961, electoral rolls, 1910-1920, 1932, correspondence and papers, 1842-1976, roll of honour, 1914-1919, Market Weighton drainage and navigation papers, 1873-1912, and rural deanery magazines, 1910-1912, 1914-1915, 1925-1931.

The existence of a church at Holme on Spalding Moor was recorded in Domesday in the eleventh century. The advowson was held by the Constable family from an early date until 1537 when it was forfeited to the Crown. It was later sold into private hands by James I and in 1629 the rectory and vicarage were given to St John’s College, Cambridge.
The present parish church of All Saints dates to the thirteenth century. It was extended in the fifteenth century and a gallery was added in 1767. The church was repaired and repewed in 1842 and restored by the architect Temple Moore between 1906 and 1911.
The parish historically included Arglam, Bursea, Hasholme, Skiff, Tollingham, Welham Bridge and Wholsea. A chapel of ease was built at Bursea between 1867 and 1872, designed by William Butterfield, and remains in use.
Today the parish, which includes Bursea Chapel, is part of the Holme and Seaton Ross Group united benefice.

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 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1996, 2001 and 2019.

The existence of a church at Holme on Spalding Moor was recorded in Domesday in the eleventh century. The advowson was held by the Constable family from an early date until 1537 when it was forfeited to the Crown. It was later sold into private hands by James I and in 1629 the rectory and vicarage were given to St John’s College, Cambridge.
The present parish church of All Saints dates to the thirteenth century. It was extended in the fifteenth century and a gallery was added in 1767. The church was repaired and repewed in 1842 and restored by the architect Temple Moore between 1906 and 1911.
The parish historically included Arglam, Bursea, Hasholme, Skiff, Tollingham, Welham Bridge and Wholsea. A chapel of ease was built at Bursea between 1867 and 1872, designed by William Butterfield, and remains in use.
Today the parish, which includes Bursea Chapel, is part of the Holme and Seaton Ross Group united benefice.

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 2001.

Registers of christenings, 1559-1980, marriages, 1559-1973, and burials, 1559-1971, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 705-706). Copies of records of Holme upon Spalding Moor Roman Catholic Presbytery, including baptisms, marriages and burial registers, are available on microfilm (Reference: MFE 102).
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.

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Further accruals are expected.

The archive of the architectural firm Brierley Groom is also deposited at the Borthwick Institute as the Records of Atkinson Brierley.

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