SWINTON, ST MARGARET PARISH RECORDS

Comprising: Registration: Registers of Baptisms 1800-1971, Registers of Marriages 1849-1970, Registers of Burials 1817-1982, Registers of Banns 1896-1986, Registers of Confirmations 1922-1963, Registers of Services 1862-1981; Incumbent: tithe accounts 1776-1821 and other records 1824-1947, including churchyard 1884-1934; churchwardens: assessments 1739, 1771-1805, accounts 1765-1907, other records 1817-1876; PCC minutes 1897-1958, accounts 1912-1977 other records 1891-1956; Township: minute book relating to relief given because of the price of corn 1795 and resolutions of township meetings (4) 1800-1824; common field byelaws and agreements 1771-1804; return of owners, occupiers and rateable values under the County Rates Act, 1834; other township records 1774-1795; Overseers of the poor: assessments 1718-1810, accounts 1795-1836, apprenticeship 1787-1798, 1833, bastardy 1738-1834, removal 1757-1834, settlement 1724-1822, 1834, correspondence 1800-1836, census returns 1801-1831 with list of names of heads of households 1801, 1821 and 1831, with the ages of all inhabitants in five-year groupings for 1821, other overseers records 1802-1836; Constables: assessments (5) 1717-1797, accounts 1799-1836, militia lists (19) 1796-1831 and other militia records 1779-1815, agreements to prosecute felons 1757 and 1765, miscellaneous records 1796-1829; Highway surveyors: assessments 1759-1822, accounts 1767-1837, other records 1780-1837; Taxation: assessed tax returns 1764-1834, land tax returns 1758, 1766, 1773, 1775-1832 and other taxation records 1760-1837; Schools: Swinton National School (miscellaneous) 1835-1942; Hoyland National School managers' minutes 1904-1926; Other records 1757-1955, including copy of 1816 plan of township, drawings and photographs of church, 19th century

Created out of the parish of Wath upon Dearne

The collection is divided into nine series as follows:

P59/1: Registration, Church Services, and Worship

P59/2: Incumbent

P59/3: Churchwardens

P59/4: Parochial Church Council

P59/5: Auxiliary Organisations

P59/6: Townships

P59/7: Charities

P59/8: School

P59/10: Miscellaneous

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Also available: Index: Bapt 1800-1892 Bur 1817-1885; Bishop's transcripts 1815-1849 (on microfilm)