Parish records of Bramham

Includes register of christenings, 1586-1995 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1792-1812); register of marriages, 1586-1995; register of burials, 1586-1913 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1777-1812, causes only 1777-1792); register of banns, 1882-1987; register of services, 1912-1995; register of confirmations, 1859; records concerning benefice income, including terriers, 1676-1825, survey and valuation of tithes including notes of condition of land, crops and farming methods, 1776, tithe accounts, 1814-1817, 1820-1836, tithe papers, including correspondence and evidence in legal dispute, 1748-1947, compositions, 1718, glebe rentals, 1823-1824, glebe papers, 1835-1938, and map of allotments, 19th century; charity records, including deed, 1712, list of recipients, 1851-1860, memoranda on poor money, 1610-1633, and subscription list, 19th century; churchwardens’ records, including accounts, 1859-1862, briefs, 1658-1661, assessment, 1606, fabric papers, 1853-1875, 1888, 1927-1939, and pew memoranda, 1611-1631; constables’ records, including account, 1803; records of incumbents, including notes on incumbents, 1819-1826, parsonage house repairs, 1719-1721, and dilapidations, 1915, 1930, 1966; overseers’ records, including settlement examinations, 1766-1826, certificates, 1707-1789, removals, 1781-1825, bastardy bonds, 1739-1823, warrants to apprehend fathers, 1811-18, apprenticeship indentures, 1743-1801, and deed, 1693; records concerning parish rooms and societies, including rules for bell ringers, 19th century; school records, including correspondence, 1862, 1893; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1810-1900, votes for sexton, 1859, and parish map, c.1839; papers concerning the history of the parish, n.d.

The existence of a church at Bramham, also known as Bramham cum Oglethorpe, was recorded in Domesday in the eleventh century, although the present All Saints parish church dates from c.1150. The church’s graveyard is believed to be of Saxon origin. Bramham was held by the Fossard family until c.1126-1129 when it were gifted by them to the Priory of Nostell and subsequently made a Prebend of York Minster. It was subject to the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of York until the nineteenth century.
Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century the patronage and impropriation of the church was granted by the Crown to the Deans and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford, who retained it until 1917. The college funded the repair and enlargement of the vicarage house in 1854. The living was augmented in 1770 and 1793 through Queen Anne’s Bounty, and again in 1814 by parliamentary grant. In 1917 the patronage passed to the Lane Fox family of Bramham Park.
The parish historically included the townships of Bramham, Boston Spa, Clifford and Oglethorpe. Chapels of ease were created at Boston Spa in 1814, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, and at Clifford in 1842, dedicated to St Luke. In 1853 both chapelries separated from Bramham to form the new parishes of Boston Spa and of Clifford. All Saints Church underwent substantial restoration in the same year, and again in 1927.
Today Bramham forms part of the parish of Lower Wharfe, which also includes St Mary’s Church in Boston Spa and St Peter’s Church in Walton. The parish is notable as the location of the 1408 Battle of Bramham Moor.

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The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute in 1966 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1983, 1997 and 2002.

The existence of a church at Bramham, also known as Bramham cum Oglethorpe, was recorded in Domesday in the eleventh century, although the present All Saints parish church dates from c.1150. The church’s graveyard is believed to be of Saxon origin. Bramham was held by the Fossard family until c.1126-1129 when it were gifted by them to the Priory of Nostell and subsequently made a Prebend of York Minster. It was subject to the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of York until the nineteenth century.
Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century the patronage and impropriation of the church was granted by the Crown to the Deans and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford, who retained it until 1917. The college funded the repair and enlargement of the vicarage house in 1854. The living was augmented in 1770 and 1793 through Queen Anne’s Bounty, and again in 1814 by parliamentary grant. In 1917 the patronage passed to the Lane Fox family of Bramham Park.
The parish historically included the townships of Bramham, Boston Spa, Clifford and Oglethorpe. Chapels of ease were created at Boston Spa in 1814, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, and at Clifford in 1842, dedicated to St Luke. In 1853 both chapelries separated from Bramham to form the new parishes of Boston Spa and of Clifford. All Saints Church underwent substantial restoration in the same year, and again in 1927.
Today Bramham forms part of the parish of Lower Wharfe, which also includes St Mary’s Church in Boston Spa and St Peter’s Church in Walton. The parish is notable as the location of the 1408 Battle of Bramham Moor.

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 2002.

Registers of christenings, 1586-1906, marriages, 1586-1966, burials, 1586-1913, and banns, 1882-1900, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 647-648, 1595, 1761).
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, 21.12.15

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