Parish records of Kilnwick Percy

Includes register of christenings, 1688-1993; register of marriages, 1688-1751, 1755-1812, 1814-1945; register of burials, 1690-1978 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1790-1812, ages only); register of banns, 1840-1946; register of services, 1930-2006; records of incumbents, including benefice papers, 1947; church log book, 1983-1993; insurance papers, 1959; papers concerning redundancy of church, 2005-2006.

The church of Kilnwick Percy, sometimes known as Kildwick Percy, was given to the Dean of York in the reign of Henry II by Robert de Percy, from whom it derives part of its name. The parish remained subject to the Dean’s peculiar jurisdiction until the nineteenth century. A vicarage was ordained there in 1312.
The parish church of St Helen dates to the twelfth century, although it was rebuilt by architects J. B. and W. Atkinson in 1865. It stands in the parkland of Kilnwick Percy Hall, the village having become depopulated by the early eighteenth century.
The living was augmented through Queen Anne’s Bounty in 1714, 1767 and 1785.
Today the parish is part of Pocklington and Owsthorpe with Kilnwick Percy, one of six churches within the united benefice of Pocklington Wold.

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 1979. Further additions were made to the archive in 1988, 1993, 2006 and 2008.

The church of Kilnwick Percy, sometimes known as Kildwick Percy, was given to the Dean of York in the reign of Henry II by Robert de Percy, from whom it derives part of its name. The parish remained subject to the Dean’s peculiar jurisdiction until the nineteenth century. A vicarage was ordained there in 1312.
The parish church of St Helen dates to the twelfth century, although it was rebuilt by architects J. B. and W. Atkinson in 1865. It stands in the parkland of Kilnwick Percy Hall, the village having become depopulated by the early eighteenth century.
The living was augmented through Queen Anne’s Bounty in 1714, 1767 and 1785.
Today the parish is part of Pocklington and Owsthorpe with Kilnwick Percy, one of six churches within the united benefice of Pocklington Wold.

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 2008.

Registers of christenings, 1688-1993, marriages, 1688-1812, burials, 1690-1978, and banns, 1840-1900, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 715, 883, 1762).
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, 23.02.16.
Revised by C. Flockton, 10.09.22.

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Further accruals are expected.

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