Parish records of Nunburnholme

Includes register of christenings, 1586-1912; register of marriages, 1586-1800, 1814-1980; register of burials, 1586-1992; register of services, 1910-1938; records concerning benefice income, including benefice income papers, c.1858-1947, glebe papers, 1931-1947, and table of fees, 1946; churchwardens’ records, including fabric papers, c. 1902, 1990-2002; records of incumbents, including parsonage house and dilapidations papers, 1872-1951, incumbents' papers, 1954-1990, printed volume of 'Miscellaneous Poems and Translations' of H Travers, rector of Nunburnholme, [1740]; school papers, 1951-1961; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1936-1940, 1960-2001, and Nunburnholme and Warter PCC minutes and secretary’s papers, 1996, 1997-2005.

The present church of Nunburnholme dates to the twelfth century. It belonged to the Priory of Warter, who in 1268 granted its advowson to Walter Grey, Archbishop of York. The church remained in the patronage of the Archbishops of York from that date. The village was also the site of a Benedictine priory of nuns, from whence it derives its name.
The parish church has been dedicated to St James since at least the eighteenth century, but may have been previously dedicated to All Saints. A Nunburnholme will of 1536 makes reference to the ‘churchyard of All Hallowes, Burnham.’ The church was extensively renovated in 1872-1873 by George Gilbert Scott, with the interior replaced entirely. It was restored again c.1902 by the architect Temple Moore, who rebuilt the west tower on the foundations of the original Norman structure.
Historically the parish included the chapelry of Thorpe-le-Street, but this separated from Nunburnholme in June 1876 to form the parish of Shiptonthorpe.
Today the parish of Nunburnholme and Warter is part of the benefice of Pocklington Wold, which also includes Great Givendale, Huggate, Millington and Pocklington.

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 1970 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1981, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2011 and 2017.

The present church of Nunburnholme dates to the twelfth century. It belonged to the Priory of Warter, who in 1268 granted its advowson to Walter Grey, Archbishop of York. The church remained in the patronage of the Archbishops of York from that date. The village was also the site of a Benedictine priory of nuns, from whence it derives its name.
The parish church has been dedicated to St James since at least the eighteenth century, but may have been previously dedicated to All Saints. A Nunburnholme will of 1536 makes reference to the ‘churchyard of All Hallowes, Burnham.’ The church was extensively renovated in 1872-1873 by George Gilbert Scott, with the interior replaced entirely. It was restored again c.1902 by the architect Temple Moore, who rebuilt the west tower on the foundations of the original Norman structure.
Historically the parish included the chapelry of Thorpe-le-Street, but this separated from Nunburnholme in June 1876 to form the parish of Shiptonthorpe.
Today the parish of Nunburnholme and Warter is part of the benefice of Pocklington Wold, which also includes Great Givendale, Huggate, Millington and Pocklington.

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 2011.

Registers of christenings, 1586-1885, marriages, 1586-1885 (gap 1800-1814), burials, 1586-1812, and banns, 1813-1992, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 747, 883).
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, 29.02.16.
Updated by C. Flockton, 17.03.23.

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Further accruals are expected.

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