Parish Records of Pocklington. Finding Aid

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1 Parish Records of Pocklington Finding Aid

2 PR PARISH RECORDS on deposit) POCKL1NGTON Harthill D. (ER) now deanery of Pocklington POCK 1-11 Parish registers _1 baptisms ) marriages) burials ) 2 baptisms ) marriages) burials ) 'baptisms burials baptisms marriages burials ,,5--baptisms baptisms baptisms marriages '9 marriages burials burials Registers of banns , 'm , 18 Marriage licences, 19' Notes of marriages (duplicates no. 1 for first four years) (includes register of banns ; notes of Roman Catholic baptisms ; baptism of Joseph Thomas Tuite of Bruges 1792) (with list of confirmation candidates 1878, 1880, 1882, 1884, 1887, 1889,1890,,1892, Service registers :207_ (with details about parochial charities) -11: j (with accounts of Mrs Blackboard's charity 1904, 1905, 1908) 4--.Churchwardens' accounts Plans [see also 38-47, 85], 25 plans of churchyard, pursuant to road widenings 1928, 1936,-26 plan of drains laid at Pocklington church plans of heating chamber, fuel store and clergy and choir vestry at Pocklington church continued

3 PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) (continued) (continued) POCK Church property 28 final account for heating chamber and vestries at Pocklington church 1958 )29., glebe terriers 1764 (with a copy), 1770, 1809, 1817 [also 81-82] (30,copy of valuation of Pocklington vicarage 26 November Ecclesiastical Commissioners' note of benefaction of 116 in favour of living of Pocklington 26 April survey and valuation of Pocklington by Thomas Scaife, junior 1854 (no map) 33 return of vicar of Pocklington to Ecclesiastical Revenues and Patronage Enquiry 17 November notes on bequests (other than Henry Powell bequest) of Pocklington church 35 copy of licence from archbishop of York to Arnold de Quincey to perform office of curate at Pocklington 23 September copy of the London Gazette 18 October annual bundles of receipts and vouchers Church fabric [see also 25-28, 85] 38 church restoration minutes bundles of correspondence about restoration and re-hanging of bells notes on inscriptions in Lady Chapel, Pocklington church two note books containing notes on inscriptions, Pocklington school 42 notes on bells, Pocklington church 43 notes on inscriptions, Pocklington church 44 antiquarian notes and notes on fabric of Pocklington church 45 restoration appeal, March guide to Pocklington church notes on history of Pocklington church Schools [see also 9'4.96] :48 f photographof children and teachers of Sherbutt House school, Pocklington clippings relating to Pocklington school and copy of 'The Pocklingtonian' midsummer 1928 yi cash book for Pocklington National School Antiquarian collections 51 notes from William White's History and Directory of the East and North Ridings relating to Pocklington for Whitehead's Almanack and Directory for Howdenshire official guides to Pocklington c continued

4 PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) (continued) (continued) POCK Antiquarian collections (continued).-54 programmes for musical evenings in Pocklington 1824 and 1862, with part of text of play about conversion of King Edwin 55 copy of circular letter to ratepayers about election of churchwardens 1892 :-.56 accounts for Pocklington offertory , genealogical material about the Wilson and Prickett families 58 plan showing property at Burnby Hall and Pocklington for sale by auction notices about distribution of hot cross buns and plum loaves on Good Friday and Easter Sunday respectively 1896, details of festival services at time of installation of new oak pulpit May election broadsheet November Deeds 62 deeds of cottage in New Pavement, Pocklington, site subsequently obtained for churchyard extension (19 items) 63 declaration of consecration of land added to churchyard 1 January 1879 [see no. 62 above] 0 deeds of house and small parcels of land at Sherburn (10 items),65 copy of will of John Fowlzer of Leicester deed between the mayor and corporation of Leicester and William Stubbins granting the chief rent of the White Hart and other places in Leicester to the latter for ever 67 copy of entry on manor rolls of Allerthorpe with Waplington by which the Rev. Charles Wolff Eyre seized of certain copyhold premises as vicar of Pocklington 16 May 1810,,68 schedule of title deeds and writings relating to messuages and premises in Pocklington belonging to Thomas Windass 12 October ' abstract of the title of Robert Green to hereditaments and premises in Pocklington Parish magazines 70 copies of the Monthly Magazine for Pocklington and other parishes in the deanery copies of the Parish Magazine for the rural deanery of Pocklington copies of Pocklington Rural Deanery Magazine copies of Pocklington Rural Deanery Magazine continued Nos deposited by the Rev. Canon G. Christie, The Vicarage, Pocklington Jan.1979

5 PR PARISH RECORDS (on deposit) (continued) (continued) POCK Parish registers,74 'baptisms Marriages 'burials Service registers : '1948, ' Valuation of the township of Pocklington (York 1838) Terriers [see also 29] 81--terrier and inventory n.d. (c.1907) 82 terrier and inventory Copy of scheme for union of benefice of Pocklington and Kilnwick Percy Copy of order closing burial ground Correspondence and papers relating to church fabric 1905, 1944, 1950, 1954, [see also 25-28, 38-47] 86 Forms of permission for ascending church tower n.d. (early 20th c.) 87,Gorrespondence and papers relating to exoneration from gt. payment of land tax for benefice property PCC minutes Dec Application to be placed on church electoral roll Church hall committee minutes Mar. - Nov Church hall correspondence and papers 1947, 1954, 1957.,92 Charges for hire of church hall Letter giving notice of legacy for repair of church Schools [see also 48-50] {91I book, Pocklington parish church day school letter about new county secondary school C1Eiarity Commissioners' scheme for Pocklington Grammar School 1898 Nos deposited by Rev. J. Woodhouse, The Vicarage, Pocklington, York July 1982 No. 80 deposited by Rev. J.D. Walker, The Vicarage, Barmby Moor, York Oct Nos deposited by Rev. J. Woodhouse, The Rectory, Pocklington, York Oct. 1988

6 PR POCK Parish registers 97 Baptisms Baptisms Baptisms Marriages Marriages Marriages Marriages Banns Service registers Confirmation register PCC and Annual Meeting Minute book PCC and Annual Meeting Minute book PCC and Annual Meeting Minute book Annual Church Meeting information and agendas including statement of accounts, (see PCC minute books for previous) 119 Church hall committee meeting minute book PCC file including minutes and correspondence Correspondence and papers relating to finance Files of papers and correspondence of the PCC secretary (2 files) 123 Quinquennial Inspection 1959 and architect s report Files relating to church fabric and repair /1 Correspondence, papers and plans relating to faculties and archdeacon s certificates

7 124 cont /2 Church furnishings, pews, hymnbook cases and amplifier /3 Installation of electric lighting /4 Heating /5 Insurance 125 Files relating to the church hall /1 Furnishings and equipment, including plan /2 rating /3 General correspondence and papers Correspondence relating to the Pavement Improvement Scheme / including copy of the will of George Scaife 1901 / Correspondence and papers relating to Pocklington Vicarage Correspondence and papers relating to property near the church Faculty, correspondence and plan relating to the Garden of Rest for cremated remains Correspondence and papers relating to the organ and organist Correspondence concerning the Foundation Manager of Pocklington Church of England School Correspondence and papers relating to the Deanery Letters received by Rev Page Papers relating to the church restoration /1 Account Books / /

8 / / /1 cont / / /2 Balance sheets and lists of subscriptions /3 Correspondence /4 Reports and estimates Correspondence and papers relating to the restoration of the bells Correspondence and specification relating to the church clock Correspondence and papers relating to wood clocks and heating Papers relating to tithes, rents and sale of glebe Title deeds to a freehold cottage at Pocklington, conveyed in 1879 under The Consecration of Churchyards Act 1867 /1 Indenture 1704 /2 Lease and release 1723 /3 Indenture 1726 /4 Indenture 1753 /5 Articles of Covenants 1753 /6 Certification 1790 /7 Copy and probate of the will of John Malton 1809 /8 Feoffment 1832 /9 Conveyance 1838 /10 Abstract of Title 1878 /11 Conveyance 1879 /12 Solicitor s account Guide to All Saints Church, compiled by the Very Revd Henry Stapleton, 2002

9 141 Banns of marriage register, Banns of marriage register, Visitors book, Visitors book, Book of notices to give out at services and of hymns for Sunday services, PCC and AGM minutes, PCC secretary s correspondence, List of wedding and funeral fees, Order in Council for the establishment of the benefice of Pocklington, Owsthorpe, Kilnwick Percy with Great Givendale, Huggate and Millington, Correspondence and papers concerning the deanery synod, Correspondence relating to the reordering of the chancel [see also 152] 152 Correspondence relating to triptych altarpiece, [see also 151, 161] 153 Correspondence and plans relating to repairs to the tower, Correspondence relating to church refurbishment, including repairs to the bells, Applications for grant aid, Record of stained glass windows, Financial correspondence, Correspondence and papers relating to church insurance, Correspondence relating to Pitts-Tucker memorials, Correspondence relating to churchyard and garden of remembrance, Photographs of triptych and of its installation, [1990s].

10 162 Photographs of the church and of church activities. 163 Visitors Book, Nos deposited 2002 Nos deposited Register of Services, Visitors Book, Church history as written in the Yorkshire Archeological Journal 1899; a church history written by Alex Leadman, and a guide for visitors Fifth Quinquennial Inspection 1998, and Sixth Quinquennial Inspection Papers relating to the Royal British Legion Standard and petition for Faculty, Proposed plans of All Saints new vestry and meeting room for the parochial church council, Papers relating to the Triptych. Including proposed sketches of the re-siting of triptych to form reredos, and photos, Photos of assorted church objects [for insurance purposes, 1980s], and one photo of clock face lift, Papers relating to the Charity of Mrs Easter Sophia Critchley. Account details. 173 Draft of School and Parish and correspondence, Papers referring to roofing work, Papers concerning new internal and external hand rails, Papers referring to the rendering and reordering of the West End of All Saints Church, Includes sketches of proposed alterations, 1991 and Papers concerning the organ replacement, Proposed changes to the Rectory, Papers concerning Church interior /1 re-plastering

11 /2 re-wiring /3 redecoration. 180 Petition for faculty regarding lead covering of roof, 1993; stonework repairs ; re-landscaping the churchyard, 1992; erection of memorial, Also Archdeacon s certificates. 181 Insurance policies for Pocklington, Yapham and Kilnwick, Papers referring to boundry changes, Parish inventories, Church choice policy documents and insurance documents, Papers referring to certain charities /1 Critchley stock receipts and correspondence, /2 Hagyard extracts from will. /3 Powell extracts from will 1893 and trust receipts, charity commission scheme and correspondence for the establishment of Powell Bequest, /4 Wilson memorial prize fund stocks. /5 Lawson will /6 Frank Scaife extracts from will. 186 Granting of faculty papers, , and dilapidation payment papers. 187 Papers referring to the Saife Trust. 188 Estimates for building and maintenance work, Papers concerning the re union of benefices of Pocklington and Kilnwick Percy and Duplicate marriage registers. 190 Papers relating to the Churchyard closed for burial 2002; a list of names on gravestones and map of graveyard.

12 191 Papers relating to the Wilson memorial prize fund and church investment accounts and stock certificates, 1970 s. 192 Correspondence and papers relating to the Charity Commission. The authorization of land sale, 1938 and other letters, 1935, and lands trustees stock receipt, Papers and correspondence concerning the institution of Rev. Hugh Prosser, Papers and correspondence concerning the team ministry instituted 1983 and dissolved Papers relating to the new meeting room, Correspondence and papers concerning the sale of the Church Hall, Papers relating to the Royal School of Church Music, Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure booklets and All Saints listing. 199 Assortment of papers concerning Church interior. 200 Licenses and permissions, 1953 and School Papers 1927 map and 2004 governor minutes. 202 Church Hall license, Contents of Deed Box at Westminster Bank, Map of the Parish of Yapham-cum-Meltonby. 205 Letter found in bottle re. Church alterations 1890

13 206 Burial Register 31 May Aug Burial Register 7 Aug Jan Charities' Account Book Includes: Church Lands Trust, Hagyards Bequest, George Scaife Trust, Blackbeard's Charity, Critchley Charity, Organ Fund, William Lawson Bequest 209 Charities' Account Book Includes: Frank Scaife Bequests (Bell-ringers' Fund, Instruction of Bell-ringers Fund, Choir Fund); Alice Wadsworth's Bequest; Fabric Fund; Organ Maintenance Fund; National School Welfare Fund; Wilson Memorial Prize Fund; Glossop Memorial Prize Fund; Clock Maintenance Fund; Sanctuary Fund 210 Charities' Account Book Includes: Church Lands Trust, Hagyard bequest (for upkeep of the Belfry), William Lawson bequest (for upkeep of the churchyard), Critchley Charity, Blackbeard Charity 211 Copy of Conveyance relating to sale of part of the Vicarage Garden, Guides and Histories of Pocklington Church /1 Pocklington Church and Pocklington School A D H Leadman, 1896 /2 Guide for Visitors, 1924 /3 Some Notes on the History of Pocklington Church Canon Graham Christie (ed.) 213 Two photographic postcards of Pocklington Parish Church. One blank and one written, n. d. 214 The Pocklington Methodist Circuit : A Bi- Centenary History C. J. Solomon 215 Map of Proposed Alterations to the Pocklington Parish Boundary, n. d.

14 216 Collation of Rev. James Woodhouse to the parish of Pocklington with Yapham-cum-Meltonby and Owsthorpe and Kilnwick Percy, Licence of Rev. James Woodhouse as Priest of Millington with Great Givendale, Papers relating to Pastoral Schemes and Orders submitted for confirmation by Her Majesty in Council /1 Pastoral Scheme concerning transfer of parishes and creation of new benefices,1983 2/ Draft Pastoral Order concerning the dissolution of the deaneries of Pocklington and Weighton and creation of new deanery to be named The Deanery of South Wold, / Pastoral Scheme concerning creation of new parish of Pocklington and Owsthorpe and Kilnwick Percy, / Pastoral Scheme concerning the transfer of the parish of Huggate from the benefice of Pocklington to the benefice of Nunburnholme and Warter, Typed extract of selected entries from the Vestry Memorandum Book. Date of extracts range from 1856 to Photocopy of article entitled Five Netherlandish carved altarpieces in England and the Brussels school of carving c with section on the Pocklington altar-piece, Parish Register Baptisms, Service Register, Contract file including correspondence and architectural plans, elevations, invoices, schedules of work, and archaeological site evaluations relating to the re-ordering of the West End, reordering of St Nicholas Chapel, Sotherby Cross, new nave sanctuary dais and other fabric works, PCC minutes and correspondence,

15 225 Annual Meeting of Parishioners and the Annual Parochial Church Meeting minutes, correspondence, annual reports, and financial statements, Minutes, correspondence, papers, and newspaper cuttings relating to "Restore and Reveal: All Saints Heritage Appeal Fund" and financial statements and correspondence with solicitors concerning bequests left in wills, Includes photographs from Flying Man Weekend (located in coldroom) 227 Henry Powell Bequest Account Books / / Granting of Faculty papers, petition papers, schedule of works, correspondence, and plans, /1 Renewing the flat roof to the meeting room, 2005 /2 Re-building of the Sotherby Cross and display of the ancient Cross Head, 2005 /3 Re-ordering West End office, 2005 /4 Repairs of the fabric, 2006 /5 Re-ordering of the Lady Chapel, 2006 /6 Re-ordering the St. Nicholas Chapel, 2006 /7 Stonework Repairs and Repainting, 2006 /8 Proposed new nave dais, 2007 /9 Re-slating the Vestry roof, 2010 /10 Improving access arrangements within the belfry, 2012 /11 Wilberforce Seat in churchyard, 2013 Nos deposited Nos deposited Nos deposited 2015

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