Parish records of York, Christ Church, Stockton Lane

Register of services, 1964-1987; Parochial Church Council meeting minutes and related papers, 1970-2007.

Christ Church, Stockton Lane was originally a daughter church of Heworth, Holy Trinity, and it is from this earlier period that the records currently in the Borthwick date. However, in 1998 an Order in Council created the new benefice and ecclesiastical parish of Heworth, Christ Church which exists today as an independent parish.

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.

The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute in 1989 by the incumbent of the parish. A further addition was made to the archive in 2014.

Christ Church, Stockton Lane was originally a daughter church of Heworth, Holy Trinity, and it is from this earlier period that the records currently in the Borthwick date. However, in 1998 an Order in Council created the new benefice and ecclesiastical parish of Heworth, Christ Church which exists today as an independent parish.

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 1989. Later material has not yet been listed.

Created 10.11.15
Parish schema applied by A. F. Medcalf 28.01.21

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Further accruals are expected.

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