Parish records of Nether Poppleton

Includes register of christenings, 1640-1970 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1777-1804); register of marriages, 1640-2020; register of burials, 1640-1953, 1956-2020 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1777-1812); register of banns, 1824-1989; register of services, 1919-1988; charity records, including title deeds to poor's lands, 1733-1772, survey of poor's estate, 18th century, and correspondence, 1959-1960; churchwardens’ records, including accounts, 1805-1915, fabric papers, 1842, 1887-1888, 1923-1959, and churchyard papers, 1925; records of incumbents, including parish history, c.1916, and loans for parsonage house improvements, 1926-1936, 1951; overseers’ records, including accounts, 1756-1776, poor house building accounts, 1772, settlement certificates, 1749-1772, removal orders, 1776-1778, bastardy bonds 1755-1776, 1793-1795, and apprenticeship indentures, 1778; records concerning parish rooms and societies, including accounts and a list of charges and conditions for use of church hall, 1930-1950, and church hall account book, 1948-1979; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1916-2009, electoral roll, 1947-1971, account books, 1967-1984, 1991-1996, and enclosure award, 1775; photographs of the church, 1962, 1972.

There was a church at Nether Poppleton from at least the eleventh century. It was appropriated to St Mary’s Abbey, York, at its foundation in 1088 and the Abbey held the advowson until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, at which time it passed to the Crown and then to the Archbishop of York. It is not known when a vicarage was ordained there but it was described as such by the seventeenth century. The living was augmented in 1829.
The present parish church dates to the twelfth century. It is dedicated to the seventh century Saxon saint Everilda, who is believed to have led a monastic community at either Everingham or Nether Poppleton. The church was restored in the nineteenth century and in 1939 a new altar was installed, carved by Robert ‘the Mouseman’ Thompson of Kilburn. In 2015 an extension was added to house new kitchen and storage facilities.
In 1866 Upper Poppleton chapelry separated from Copmanthorpe parish to join that of Nether Poppleton. Today Nether Poppleton is part of the united parish and benefice of Nether with Upper Poppleton.

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 1968 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1980, 1997, 2003 and 2021.

There was a church at Nether Poppleton from at least the eleventh century. It was appropriated to St Mary’s Abbey, York, at its foundation in 1088 and the Abbey held the advowson until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, at which time it passed to the Crown and then to the Archbishop of York. It is not known when a vicarage was ordained there but it was described as such by the seventeenth century. The living was augmented in 1829.
The present parish church dates to the twelfth century. It is dedicated to the seventh century Saxon saint Everilda, who is believed to have led a monastic community at either Everingham or Nether Poppleton. The church was restored in the nineteenth century and in 1939 a new altar was installed, carved by Robert ‘the Mouseman’ Thompson of Kilburn. In 2015 an extension was added to house new kitchen and storage facilities.
In 1866 Upper Poppleton chapelry separated from Copmanthorpe parish to join that of Nether Poppleton. Today Nether Poppleton is part of the united parish and benefice of Nether with Upper Poppleton.

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 2021.

Registers of christenings, 1640-1970, marriages, 1640-1978, burials, 1640-1953, and banns, 1849-1900, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 753, 1760).
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, 02.03.16.

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Further accruals are expected.

The parish records of Poppleton and Upper Poppleton are also deposited at the Borthwick Institute.

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