Parish records of Kirby Grindalythe

Includes register of christenings, 1722-1873; register of marriages, 1722-2004; register of Burials, 1722-1917 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1799-1812); register of banns, 1824-1862; register of services, 1906-1968; records concerning benefice income, including correspondence and papers, 1883-1896, 1949-1950, 1957, and tithe letter, 1851; churchwardens’ records, including accounts, 1792-1870, fabric papers, 1826, 1830, 1876-1922, 1940-1952, and Duggleby church building papers, 1874; records of incumbents, including notes on parish, 'Annals of Kirby Grindalythe', 1870-1872, and estimate and specification for new parsonage house at Duggleby, 1874; overseers’ accounts, 1658-1715, 1724-1769; school accounts, 1898-1901; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including account, 1949, electoral roll, 1934-1954, enclosure agreement and extract from award, 1765, map of Kirby Grindalythe and Mowthorpe, 1755 and 19th century, map of Duggleby, 19th century, and parish valuation list, 1908.

There was a church at Kirby Grindalythe from at least the twelfth century, when it was granted by Walter Espec to the Priory of Kirkham (founded c.1130), although a church is said to have existed there since Saxon times. A vicarage was subsequently ordained there, although the earliest known vicar of the church was instituted in 1305. The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
By 1617 the presentation to the benefice was in private hands, passing from the Towey family to the Osbaldestons in the 1720s and the Lillingstons in the 1770s. By 1842 it was in the hands of Sir Tatton Sykes.
The steeple of the church was damaged in the early eighteenth century and repaired in 1718. The church was in poor repair by the nineteenth century. The c hurch was re-roofed in the 1820s and the entire church was restored in the 1870s by architect George Edmund Street at the expense of Sir Tatton Sykes. It was restored again in the early twenty-first century.
As well as Kirby Grindalythe itself, the parish included Duggleby, High Mowthorpe, Low Mowthorpe and Thirkleby.
Today St Andrew’s Church is one of five within the benefice of Weaverthorpe with Helperthorpe, Luttons Ambo. Wharram le Street, and Kirby Grindalythe.

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The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute in 1968 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1972, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1995 and 2006.

There was a church at Kirby Grindalythe from at least the twelfth century, when it was granted by Walter Espec to the Priory of Kirkham (founded c.1130), although a church is said to have existed there since Saxon times. A vicarage was subsequently ordained there, although the earliest known vicar of the church was instituted in 1305. The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
By 1617 the presentation to the benefice was in private hands, passing from the Towey family to the Osbaldestons in the 1720s and the Lillingstons in the 1770s. By 1842 it was in the hands of Sir Tatton Sykes.
The steeple of the church was damaged in the early eighteenth century and repaired in 1718. The church was in poor repair by the nineteenth century. The c hurch was re-roofed in the 1820s and the entire church was restored in the 1870s by architect George Edmund Street at the expense of Sir Tatton Sykes. It was restored again in the early twenty-first century.
As well as Kirby Grindalythe itself, the parish included Duggleby, High Mowthorpe, Low Mowthorpe and Thirkleby.
Today St Andrew’s Church is one of five within the benefice of Weaverthorpe with Helperthorpe, Luttons Ambo. Wharram le Street, and Kirby Grindalythe.

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, 1722-1873, marriages, 1722-1885, burials, 1722-1885, and banns, 1824-1862, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 716, 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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