- Unlisted papers Relating to individual diocese within the Province of York, e.g. administration, correspondence, Orders in Council, confirmations of bishops and suffragans, clergy discipline, church commissions, etc. The records are arranged by diocese: Blackburn, Bradford, Carlisle, Chester, York, Durham, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Ripon & Leeds, Sheffield, Sodor & Man, Southwell, Wakefield. 1970s & 1980s. PROV/[name of diocese]
Individual Diocese within the Province of York
This material is held atBorthwick Institute for Archives, University of York
- Reference
- GB 193 PROV/[name of diocese]
- Dates of Creation
- 1970 - [ongoing]
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- Circa 14 boxes. Files, loose papers
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The province of York consists of 14 dioceses, a unit within which the bishop has jurisdiction under the supervision of the Archbishop. Over many hundreds of years new dioceses have been created, dioceses have dissolved and others have seen their boundaries increase and decrease.
Blackburn (1926), Bradford (1919), Carlisle (1133), Chester (created 1541 - transferred to province of York 1542), Durham (995), Liverpool (1880), Manchester (1847), Newcastle (1882), Ripon&Leeds (Ripon, 1836, Ripon&Leeds from 1999), Sheffield (1914), Sodor&Man (became part of the York Province 1542), Southwell (1884 - transferred to York 1935), Wakefield (1888), York (627).