Parish records of Buttercrambe

Includes register of baptisms, 1635-1772; register of marriages, 1636-1652, 1659-1742; register of burials, 1635-1742, 1763.

The church of St John the Evangelist, Buttercrambe, is a chapel to ease within the parish of Bossall. The church building dates to the thirteenth century and it has been associated with Bossall parish church since at least 1404. The church was partly rebuilt in the fifteenth century and then again in 1878-1881.
The parish and chapelry were granted by the Crown to the Dean and Chapter of Durham at the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Today the parish of Bossall with Buttercrambe and Howsham is one of eight parishes within the united benefice of Harton.

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 1972 by the incumbent.

The church of St John the Evangelist, Buttercrambe, is a chapel to ease within the parish of Bossall. The church building dates to the thirteenth century and it has been associated with Bossall parish church since at least 1404. The church was partly rebuilt in the fifteenth century and then again in 1878-1881.
The parish and chapelry were granted by the Crown to the Dean and Chapter of Durham at the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Today the parish of Bossall with Buttercrambe and Howsham is one of eight parishes within the united benefice of Harton.

A typescript finding aid, to file level, is available for consultation in the searchroom of the Borthwick Institute. This includes all material received in 1972.

Registers of christenings, 1635-1772, marriages, 1635-1720, and burials, 1636-1742, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 660).
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, 22.12.15
Parish schema applied by A. F. Medcalf 14.01.21

A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the document. Copies are supplied in accordance with the Borthwick Institute for Archives' terms and conditions for the supply of copies, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of documents in the custody of the Borthwick Institute must be sought.

Further accruals are expected.

For related material held by the Borthwick Institute see the parish records of Bossall which include a tithe award and map for Buttercrambe with Aldby, 1844; elevations and plans for Buttercrambe Church, 1879; a faculty for a memorial tablet in Buttercrambe Church, 1948; and Bossall with Buttercrambe vestry and parish meeting minutes, 1877-1926.

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