Parish records of Thorpe Bassett

Includes register of christenings, 1656-1679, 1690-1979; register of marriages, 1656-1679, 1690-1812, 1815-2008; register of banns of marriage 1823-1996; register of burials, 1656-1679, 1690-1812, 1814-1979; register of confirmations 1963-2002; register of services, 1928-1969; records concerning benefice income, including papers, 1843, 1950-1964, tithe accounts, 1870-1897, and sequestration order, 1885; terrier and inventory 1932; churchwardens’ records, including accounts, 1836-1868, 1889-1908, restoration papers, 1878-1881, fabric papers, 1920-1971, correspondence regarding churchyard addition, 1926, and churchyard extension plan, c.1960; records of incumbents, including grant of advowson, 1875, 1924, dilapidations papers, 1961-1962, rectory plan, early 20th century, and papers, 1924-1970; notice of school closure, 1924; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minute books, 1920-1998, account book, 1925-1942, and wayleave agreements, 1962.

There was a church at Thorpe Bassett from at least the twelfth century. It was given to the Abbot and Convent of St Alban’s by Berenger de Toeni and Aubreye his wife and confirmed to them by King John (1199-1216). In 1315 the Abbot and Convent granted the advowson to Ralph, heir to the estates of John de Greystoke, and the family retained it until the marriage of Elizabeth de Greystoke and Thomas, Lord Dacre c.1488, after which time it passed to the Dacres and then later to the Earls of Carlisle.
The parish church, which is dedicated to All Saints, dates to the twelfth century. It was restored by architects Paley and Austin of Lancaster in 1879-1880, at which time the north aisle and chancel were rebuilt, a vestry was added and the whole church was re-roofed. There was also a rectory house from at least the eighteenth century.
Today the church is part of the benefice of Buckrose Carrs, which also includes Rillington, Scampston, Sherburn, West Heslerton and Yedingham.

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The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute in 1969 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1979, 1980, 1982, 1992, 1993, 2008 and 2017.

There was a church at Thorpe Bassett from at least the twelfth century. It was given to the Abbot and Convent of St Alban’s by Berenger de Toeni and Aubreye his wife and confirmed to them by King John (1199-1216). In 1315 the Abbot and Convent granted the advowson to Ralph, heir to the estates of John de Greystoke, and the family retained it until the marriage of Elizabeth de Greystoke and Thomas, Lord Dacre c.1488, after which time it passed to the Dacres and then later to the Earls of Carlisle.
The parish church, which is dedicated to All Saints, dates to the twelfth century. It was restored by architects Paley and Austin of Lancaster in 1879-1880, at which time the north aisle and chancel were rebuilt, a vestry was added and the whole church was re-roofed. There was also a rectory house from at least the eighteenth century.
Today the church is part of the benefice of Buckrose Carrs, which also includes Rillington, Scampston, Sherburn, West Heslerton and Yedingham.

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 2017.

Registers of christenings, marriages and burials, 1656-1885, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (Reference: MF 802).
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, 15.03.16.

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