Parish records of York, St Wilfrid

Includes overseers’ records, including orders and circulars of the Poor Law Commissioners, 1834, 1850-1868, notices of meetings to elect overseers and appointments, 1852-1869, notices concerning poor rates, 1855-1870, rate books, 1863-1868, receipt and payment book, 1848-1867, receipts and vouchers, 1830-1869, removal orders and settlement certificates, 1847-1849, lists of paupers, 1833-1872, audit papers, 1848, 1854, 1859, 1868-1869; electoral lists and papers, 1840-1866; lists of citizens in the parish and lists of occupiers, 1865, 1866, n.d.; papers concerning the dispute between St Wilfrid and All Saints North Street over the rating of Lendal Bridge, 1864-1866

The church of St Wilfrid, Blake Street, was first mentioned in a charter dated between 1145 and 1148. In a grant dated between 1155 and 1165 the patronage of the church was given to St Mary’s Abbey, York, who held it until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century.
In 1548 a proposal was made to unite the parish with that St Michael le Belfrey and the churchyard, possibly along with the church grounds, were granted to a York citizen the following year. The two parishes were united c.1586 and came under the pecular jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of York. The church itself was likely demolished in the 16th century but the parish survived for secular purposes until 1900.
Since 1864 a Catholic Church dedicated to St Wilfrid has occupied a nearby site in Little Blake Street.

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The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute between 1973 and 1982 with the records of York, St Michael le Belfrey.

The church of St Wilfrid, Blake Street, was first mentioned in a charter dated between 1145 and 1148. In a grant dated between 1155 and 1165 the patronage of the church was given to St Mary’s Abbey, York, who held it until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century.
In 1548 a proposal was made to unite the parish with that St Michael le Belfrey and the churchyard, possibly along with the church grounds, were granted to a York citizen the following year. The two parishes were united c.1586 and came under the pecular jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of York. The church itself was likely demolished in the 16th century but the parish survived for secular purposes until 1900.
Since 1864 a Catholic Church dedicated to St Wilfrid has occupied a nearby site in Little Blake Street.

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 1982.

Created by S. A. Shearn, 26.11.15

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Further accruals are not expected.

For related material held by the Borthwick Institute, see the parish records of York, St Michael le Belfrey which include St Wilfrid's Ecclesiastical Charity account books, 1907-1931, and related correspondence, 1926-1933. From 1586 the parish registers of St Michael le Belfrey also covered the parish of St Wilfrid.

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