Parish records of Sutton upon Derwent

Includes register of christenings, 1593-1992 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1777-1812); register of marriages, 1593-1982, 1985-2004; register of burials, 1593-1993 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1777-18120; register of banns, 1823-1993; register of services, 1902-1982; register of confirmations, 1903, 1915, 1921-1922; register of communicants, 1902-1905; communicant numbers, 1893-1933; records concerning benefice income, including accounts, 1921-1940, tithe accounts and correspondence, 1902, 1921, 1926-1938, glebe valuations, 1875, 1892, sequestration accounts and correspondence, 1901-1902, 1917-1918, 1921, map of Crown estate, c.1840, correspondence and papers, 1928-1940, tithe award, 1844, sequestration papers, 1963, and tables of fees, 1948-1959; churchwardens’ records, including accounts, 1842-1942, 1966, restoration papers, 1921-1932, 1960-1966, fabric papers, 1846, 1914, 1921-1922, 1928-1982, churchyard papers, 1890-1891, 1899, and visitors' book, 1929-1954; records of incumbents, including family reconstitutions, religious affiliations and poor rate assessments, 1870s-1940s, extracts from theological writings and translations of psalms, c.1815, dilapidations papers, 1875-1876, 1902, 1920-1923, 1930-1931, 1936-1937, 1940-1942, 1966-1967, 1971, parsonage house papers, 1854-1863, 1936-1939, 1958-1961 (including dilapidations papers), statistical returns, 1892, 1895-1896, 1907-1916, 1918-1940, benefice papers, 1972, incumbents' papers, 1959-1972, Church Membership return, 1978, historical memoranda, n.d, and service papers, 1927-1961; overseers’ rates, 1886-1888; records concerning parish rooms and societies, including accounts and correspondence for building church hall, 1928-1938, history of building of hall, c.1938, church hall committee minutes of meetings, accounts and correspondence, 1931-1955, Sports and Tea Ladies committee minutes of meetings and accounts, 1922, Garden Fete committee minutes of meetings and accounts, 1947-1971, Sutton Show accounts, 1906, 1910-1912, 1914, catalogues of entries, programmes and rules for parish fetes and agricultural shows, 1908-1909, 1911-1914, 1919, 1922-1923, 1938, 1941, 1949, Dramatic Society programme, 1936, list of sports and winners, 1941, photographs of parish events, c.1920-1940, church hall papers and plans, 1929-1963, papers relating to parish fetes and other events, 1947-1974; school records, including managers' minutes of meetings, 1903-1950, accounts, 1867-1870, 1873-1927, correspondence and papers, 1891-1970, papers relating to the building of school, 1844, and Sunday School attendances, 1893-1933; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1920-1980, 1996-2005, accounts and papers, 1918-1934, 1938-1980, enclosure award, 1777, insurance papers, 1910-1963, and electoral rolls, c.1963; visitors’ book, 1956-2009.

There was a church at Sutton on Derwent from at least the twelfth century. It was first mentioned between 1161 and c.1170 when it was given to Whitby Abbey by Robert de Percy, although no vicarage was ordained. The advowson was alienated by the Abbey to John Mowbray in 1367 and thereafter remained in lay hands, descending with the lordship of the manor from the late sixteenth century. It was held by Viscount St Vincent in the 1970s.
The parish church, which is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels, dates to the twelfth century. The church tower was built in the fourteenth century and rebuilt in the fifteenth. The church was repaired in 1841 and 1846 before an extensive restoration was carried out in 1926-1928 by Penty and Thompson of York, at which time the vestry was added. The churchyard was enlarged in 1922.
There was a parsonage house by the fifteenth century. It was rebuilt in 1726 and then again in 1854-1855 by architects John Bownas Atkinson and William Atkinson of York.
Today the parish is known as Sutton on Derwent with East Cottingwith, the latter having been transferred to the parish from Aughton. It is part of the benefice of Derwent Ings, which also includes Elvington, Thorganby and Wheldrake.

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 1966 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1984, 1986, 1988, 1993 and 2010.

There was a church at Sutton on Derwent from at least the twelfth century. It was first mentioned between 1161 and c.1170 when it was given to Whitby Abbey by Robert de Percy, although no vicarage was ordained. The advowson was alienated by the Abbey to John Mowbray in 1367 and thereafter remained in lay hands, descending with the lordship of the manor from the late sixteenth century. It was held by Viscount St Vincent in the 1970s.
The parish church, which is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels, dates to the twelfth century. The church tower was built in the fourteenth century and rebuilt in the fifteenth. The church was repaired in 1841 and 1846 before an extensive restoration was carried out in 1926-1928 by Penty and Thompson of York, at which time the vestry was added. The churchyard was enlarged in 1922.
There was a parsonage house by the fifteenth century. It was rebuilt in 1726 and then again in 1854-1855 by architects John Bownas Atkinson and William Atkinson of York.
Today the parish is known as Sutton on Derwent with East Cottingwith, the latter having been transferred to the parish from Aughton. It is part of the benefice of Derwent Ings, which also includes Elvington, Thorganby and Wheldrake.

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 1993. Later material has not yet been listed, please contact the Borthwick Institute for more information.

Selected records, including registers of christenings, 1593-1992, marriages, 1593-1900, burials, 1593-1993, banns, 1823-1900, and pedigree indexes, are available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 791, 1580, 1756, 1760, 1764).
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, 03.03.16.
Revised (Schema arrangement and retroconversion) 31.05.2022 by N Adams

A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the document. Copies are supplied in accordance with the Borthwick Institute for Archives' terms and conditions for the supply of copies, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of documents in the custody of the Borthwick Institute must be sought.

Further accruals are expected.

The papers of Charles Forder, rector of Sutton upon Derwent, 1957-1963, are also deposited at the Borthwick Institute.

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