Parish records of Sherburn in Harfordlythe

Includes register of christenings, 1653-1976; register of marriages, 1653-1991; register of burials, 1653-1948 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1793-1812); register of banns, 1823-1999; register of services, 1910-1977; records concerning benefice income, including tithe accounts, 1874, 1876-1906, tithe correspondence, 1933, glebe rentals, 1869-1909, glebe deeds, 1895, 1931, 1947, glebe correspondence and papers, 1929, 1937, 1944-1950, and papers, 1952; charity records, including correspondence and papers, 1944-1964, and accounts, 1929-1964; churchwardens’ records, including fabric papers, 1912, 1934-1935, 1947, 1950-1952, 1966, and visitors' books, 1912-1937 and 1968-1998; records of incumbents, including parsonage house papers, 1970; records concerning parish rooms and societies, including church hall correspondence and deed, 1942-1943; school papers, 1916, 1919; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including deed, 1927, minutes of meetings, 1920-1991, and historical memoranda, 1929.

The existence of a church at Sherburn in Harfordlythe was recorded in Domesday in the eleventh century. In 1166 it was given to the Priory of Guisborough by Peter de Cordanville and the gift was confirmed by Henry II c.1176-1186. A vicarage was subsequently ordained there, though the date is not known.
The Priory held the advowson until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, at which time it passed to the Crown. In the early seventeenth century it passed to the Strickland family, who still held the patronage in 1892. The living was augmented in 1780, 1795 and 1824.
The present parish church, which is dedicated to St Hilda, dates to the twelfth century. It was extensively restored in 1909-1912 by Charles Hodgson Fowler and Walter Brierley, the latter continuing the project after Fowler’s death.
Today Sherburn is part of the benefice of Buckrose Carrs, which also includes Rillington, Scampston, Thorpe Bassett, West Heslerton and Yedingham.

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 1971 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1972, 1978, 1992, 1994 and 2018.

The existence of a church at Sherburn in Harfordlythe was recorded in Domesday in the eleventh century. In 1166 it was given to the Priory of Guisborough by Peter de Cordanville and the gift was confirmed by Henry II c.1176-1186. A vicarage was subsequently ordained there, though the date is not known.
The Priory held the advowson until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, at which time it passed to the Crown. In the early seventeenth century it passed to the Strickland family, who still held the patronage in 1892. The living was augmented in 1780, 1795 and 1824.
The present parish church, which is dedicated to St Hilda, dates to the twelfth century. It was extensively restored in 1909-1912 by Charles Hodgson Fowler and Walter Brierley, the latter continuing the project after Fowler’s death.
Today Sherburn is part of the benefice of Buckrose Carrs, which also includes Rillington, Scampston, Thorpe Bassett, 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 2018.

Registers of christenings, marriages and burials, 1653-1900, and banns, 1823-1900, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 777, 1757, 1775).
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) 12.11.2021 by N Adams

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Further accruals are expected.

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