WATH UPON DEARNE, ALL SAINTS PARISH RECORDS

Comprising: Registration: Registers of Baptisms 1598-1982, Registers of Marriages 1598-1984, Registers of Burials 1598-1966, Registers of Banns 1881-1963, Register of Confirmations 1957-1995, Registers of Services 1917-2006, Draft registers of baptism 1722-1857 and of burials 1875-1894 Incumbent 1780-1982 including plans and elevations of new vicarage by W Lindley 1793 and papers of Rev Keble Martin for his history of Wath early 20 cent; churchwardens accounts 1837-1900, decree of consistory court on bells 1626, inventory 1726, terriers [5] 1780-1865 and other records 1807-1990; vestry and PCC minutes 1891-2008, accounts 1922, 1931, 1932, 1971-2011, parish magazines 1875-20113 and other records 1903-1980; charities: Sawdry trust 1617-1912, dole books 1834-1973 and other charity records 1849-1978; schools 1862-1934; tithe apportionment for Wath, Brampton Bierlow, Hoyland, Wentworth, Swinton and Adwick upon Dearne 1841 and plan of Adwick-upon-Dearne only 1842; altered apportionments 1883-1934 and other tithe records 1895-1936; other records 1814-1994, including a photocopy of W Keble Martin, 'A History of the Ancient Parish of Wath upon Dearne', 1920

There has been a church on the site of Wath Upon Dearne All Saints for at least 900 years, the first record of a priest being Artor Presbyter (c. 1806). The original parish was very extensive and Wath parish church is the mother of Brampton Bierlow, Elsecar, Hoyland St Andrew, Hoyland St Peter, Swinton, Wentworth, half of Thorpe Hesley and part of Kilnhurst.

Only small traces of the Saxon church remain, as this was gradually rebuilt from c. 1455 to c. 1360. The main dates of the church are: Lower Tower c. 1175, the Chancel c. 1230, the Lady Chapel c. 1295 and the Nave c. 1313-1360. There was considerable restoration in 1868 and the vestries and organ chamber were enlarged in 1921, following a fire in 1917.

The collection is divided into eleven series as follows:

P52/1: Registration, Church Services, and Worship

P52/2: Incumbent

P52/3: Churchwardens

P52/4: Vestry and Parochial Church Council

P52/5: Auxiliary Organisations

P52/7: Charities

P52/8: Schools

P52/9: Statutory Deposits

P52/10: Other Records

P52/11: Mission Church

P52/12: St James' Church

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Also available: Index: Bapt 1598-1903 Marr 1598-1837 Bur 1598-1889