Parish records of Bulmer

Includes register of christenings, 1589-1600, 1611-1633, 1656-1701, 1718-1846; register of marriages, 1572-1643, 1653-1701, 1718-1989; register of burials, 1571-1584, 1590-1600, 1653-1658, 1698-1699, 1718-1860; register of banns, 1824-1860; register of services, 1896-1989; records concerning benefice income, including tithe papers, 1929-1930, and order for land exchange, 1876; charity records, including papers relating to Peacock Trust, 1964-2003; churchwardens’ records, including accounts, 1938-1951; records of incumbents, including Bulmer family chronicle, 1050-1936 (written 1936), deanery magazine,1937, 1940-1942; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1921-1986, accounts, 1954-2000, cash receipt and expenditure books, 1964-1989, and magazines, 1924-1926, 1935; visitors’ books, 1953-1994.

The existence of a church at Bulmer was recorded in Domesday in the eleventh century, although the present church building, dedicated to St Martin, is believed to pre-date the Norman Conquest. The advowson of the church followed the descent of the manor of Bulmer, belonging first to the Bulmers of Wilton, and then to the Hassell and Laybourne families. In the eighteenth century it passed to the Wentworth family, headed by the Marquis of Rockingham, and in the nineteenth century to the Earls of Carlisle.
St Martin’s Church was re-dedicated in 1287 and expanded in the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. The chancel and East and South walls were rebuilt in 1898. The church includes a window created by stained glass designer J. W. Knowles.
The parish historically included the townships of Bulmer, Henderskelfe and Welburn, as well as the Castle Howard estate. A ‘Chapel of Our Lady at Welburn’ was mentioned in the sixteenth century but appears to have fallen into disuse by the beginning of the seventeenth. A chapel of ease, dedicated to St John the Evangelist, was built at Welburn c.1859 by the 7th Earl of Carlisle. It was consecrated in 1865 and became independent of Bulmer in the 1980s. Castle Howard also has a private chapel which is part of Bulmer parish.
Since 1986 Bulmer parish has been part of the Howardian Group benefice together with the parishes of Dalby, Huttons Ambo, Terrington and Welburn.

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 1965 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1984, 1986 and 2004.

The existence of a church at Bulmer was recorded in Domesday in the eleventh century, although the present church building, dedicated to St Martin, is believed to pre-date the Norman Conquest. The advowson of the church followed the descent of the manor of Bulmer, belonging first to the Bulmers of Wilton, and then to the Hassell and Laybourne families. In the eighteenth century it passed to the Wentworth family, headed by the Marquis of Rockingham, and in the nineteenth century to the Earls of Carlisle.
St Martin’s Church was re-dedicated in 1287 and expanded in the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. The chancel and East and South walls were rebuilt in 1898. The church includes a window created by stained glass designer J. W. Knowles.
The parish historically included the townships of Bulmer, Henderskelfe and Welburn, as well as the Castle Howard estate. A ‘Chapel of Our Lady at Welburn’ was mentioned in the sixteenth century but appears to have fallen into disuse by the beginning of the seventeenth. A chapel of ease, dedicated to St John the Evangelist, was built at Welburn c.1859 by the 7th Earl of Carlisle. It was consecrated in 1865 and became independent of Bulmer in the 1980s. Castle Howard also has a private chapel which is part of Bulmer parish.
Since 1986 Bulmer parish has been part of the Howardian Group benefice together with the parishes of Dalby, Huttons Ambo, Terrington and Welburn.

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 2004.

Registers of christenings, 1589-1846, marriages, 1572-1975, burials, 1571-1860, and banns, 1824-1860, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 657, 1596, 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, 23.12.15
Revised (Schema arrangement and retroconversion) 01.10.2021 by N Adams

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Further accruals are expected.

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