POLLINGTON, ST JOHN PARISH RECORDS

Scope and Content

Comprising: Registration: Register of Marriages 1855-1963, Registers of Banns 1855-1914 , Registers of Services 1928-1966; Incumbent 1864-1969 including detailed memorandum book 1864-1969; Churchwardens 1865-1968; PCC minutes 1920-1985, accounts 1953-1986 and other records 1915-1970; Pollington cum Balne Church of England School: managers' minutes 1904-1954 and brochure including brief history of the school 1962 and papers on reorganisation of education in Goole 1965; Other records 1857-1968

Administrative / Biographical History

The churches of Cowick, Hensall and Pollington were designed by William Butterfield, working on a commission from the seventh viscount Downe. A brief study of the three churches is to be found amongst the records of Hensall, St Paul.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into six series as follows:

P74/1: Registration, Church Services, and Worship

P74/2: Incumbent

P74/3: Churchwardens

P74/4: Parochial Church Council

P74/8: School

P74/10: Other Records

Access Information

Open

Private (Church of England)

Access will be granted to any accredited member of Doncaster Libraries