Parish records of Stockton on the Forest

Includes register of baptisms, 1653-September 2012 (note that the Dade registration scheme is used for the register covering the years 1785-1812); register of marriages, 1653-1811, 1813-1939, September 1955-August 2019; register of burials, 1661-1924 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1785-1812); register of banns, 1824-1913; register of services, 1896-1925; churchwardens’ records, including fabric papers, 1918-1919, 1923, and accounts, 1804-1972; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1808, 1842, 1875-1930, and church accounts, 1968-1978.

Stockton on the Forest was a chapelry within the parish and Prebend of Bugthorpe until 1738 when it was augmented through Queen Anne’s Bounty and became a separate ecclesiastical parish. It remained subject to the peculiar jurisdiction of the Prebend of Bugthorpe however until the nineteenth century. In 1840 the advowson of the church was transferred from the Prebend to the Archbishop of York.
The earliest reference to a chapel at Stockton was in 1276. The medieval building was demolished in 1808 and replaced by a new church. This was partially rebuilt in 1843 and then more substantially rebuilt in 1895 by architects Naylor and Sale of Derby, retaining the earlier nave but adding a new chancel, tower, clergy and choir vestries and an organ chamber. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
In 1939 Stockton on the Forest became the mother church of Warthill and Holtby parishes following the union of the three benefices. An alteration to the boundaries with Huntington took place on the 23rd August 1967.
Since 2012 Stockton on the Forest has been part of the benefice of Rural East York, which also includes Dunnington, Holtby and Warthill.

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 1967 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1983, 1987 and 2010.

Stockton on the Forest was a chapelry within the parish and Prebend of Bugthorpe until 1738 when it was augmented through Queen Anne’s Bounty and became a separate ecclesiastical parish. It remained subject to the peculiar jurisdiction of the Prebend of Bugthorpe however until the nineteenth century. In 1840 the advowson of the church was transferred from the Prebend to the Archbishop of York.
The earliest reference to a chapel at Stockton was in 1276. The medieval building was demolished in 1808 and replaced by a new church. This was partially rebuilt in 1843 and then more substantially rebuilt in 1895 by architects Naylor and Sale of Derby, retaining the earlier nave but adding a new chancel, tower, clergy and choir vestries and an organ chamber. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
In 1939 Stockton on the Forest became the mother church of Warthill and Holtby parishes following the union of the three benefices. An alteration to the boundaries with Huntington took place on the 23rd August 1967.
Since 2012 Stockton on the Forest has been part of the benefice of Rural East York, which also includes Dunnington, Holtby and Warthill.

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 2010.

Registers of christenings, 1653-1877, marriages, 1653-1837, burials, 1653-1885, and banns, 1824-1900, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 789, 1763).
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) 06.09.2021 by N Adams

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Further accruals are expected.

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