York Minster, Yorkshire, England Genealogy
Guide to York Minster, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| York Minster | |
| Type | Cathedral |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Yorkshire |
| Hundred | York |
| Poor Law Union | Not Applicable |
| Registration District | York |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1634 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1814 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Not Applicable |
| Diocese | York |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Court of the Dean and Chapter of York; This cathedral has several associated courts not listed. |
| Archive | |
| Yorkshire Record Office | |
Parish History
York Cathedral is the seat of the Diocese of York. It is located in the county of Yorkshire.[1]
YORK, a city and county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the East Riding of York, of which it is the capital, 193 miles NNW from London; containing 28,842 inhabitants [as of 1848]. This link provides a listing of Parishes in the city.[2]
York Cathedral, or otherwise known as York Minster, from ancient times (1136 A.D.) is known as St Peter with registers that commence from 1634-onward. Within the city proper is also included the Ainsty (which see under York Ainsty), a cluster of parishes which were annexed to and became part of the Minster or city--and all stood within St Peter's ancient parish boundaries. Here are the following ecclesiastical parishes and chapels which comprise the Minster by about 1870:
- All Saints, North-Street - 1578
- All Saints, Pavement - 1554 - united with St Peter the Little 1586
- All Saints in Peasholm - demolished in 1586
- Holy Trinity, or Christ-church, King's-ct - 1616
- Holy Trinity, Micklegate - 1586
- Holy Trinity, Goodramgate - 1573
- St. Andrew - demolished in 1586; see also St Saviour
- St. Aidan -
- St Clement Bishophill York - 1872 (see also St Mary Bishophill Senior)
- St. Crux - 1539
- St. Cuthbert - 1581 - FS Library has BTs only from 1598
- St. Denis in Walmgate - 1558
- St. George - closed by 1644; see St Dennis
- St. Giles - 1586 united to St Olave
- St. Gregory - united to St Martin on Micklegate 1586
- St. Helen on the Walls - in 1549, united to St Cuthbert
- St. Helen Fishergate - united with St Lawrence 1586
- St. Helen, Stonegate - 1568
- St. John Hungate - closed by 1586
- St. John at Ousebridge-end - 1570
- St. John Delpike - united with that of Holy Trinity, Goodramgate in 17th C.
- St. Lawrence - 1606
- St. Maurice without Monkbar - 1626
- St. Margaret, Walmgate - 1578
- St. Martin, Coney Street - 1557
- St. Martin, Micklegate - 1539
- St. Mary Bishophill Senior - 1598
- St. Mary Bishophill Junior - 1602
- St. Mary, Castlegate - 1604
- St. Michael-le-Belfry - 1565
- St. Michael, Spurriergate, or Ouse-bridge - 1598
- St. Nicholas - 1600 - chapel to St Nicholas Hospital; closed by 1644
- St. Olave - 1538
- St. Paul - 1852 - see also St Mary Bishophill Senior
- St. Peter-le-Willows - see St Margaret, Walmgate
- St. Peter the Little - dissolved by 1549; united 1586 to All Saints Pavement
- St. Sampson - 1626
- St. Saviour - 1567
- St Stephen - closed by 1600
- St Thomas - 1855
- St. Thomas, the Archbishop of York -
- St. Wilfred - closed in 1585
- Acaster Malbis - 1631
- Acomb - 1634 - incorporated into the City of York by 1663; see also St Mary Bishophill-Senior, Holy Trinity Micklegate
- Clifton - 1867 - see also St Olave, Marygate
- Copmanthorpe - 1759 - see also St Mary Bishophill Junior
- Dringhouses -1824 - also St. Mary-Bishophill-Senior, Holy Trinity-Micklegate, and Acomb parishes
- Heworth - 1869
- Naburn - 1653; was annexed to the rectory of St Dennis, York (City), which see
- Upper Poppleton - 1846
- Wells Hospital -
For a List of all those Ainsty parishes which were designated and became part of or lying within the Borough of York, see the [York Ainsty Parishes] page.
Nonconformist places of worship as of 1870 included the following:
- Baptists 1
- Independents 2 (chapels)
- New Church 1
- New Connexion Methodist 2
- Primitive Methodist 3
- Quakers 1 (chapel)
- Roman Catholic 4
- Unitarians 1 (chapel)
- United Free Methodist 2
- Wesleyan Association 1
- Wesleyan Methodist 4 (chapels)
- Wesleyan Reformers 2
Resources
Find Neighboring Parishes
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Cemeteries
- 1311-1771 Monumental Inscriptions from Several Yorkshire Churches(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1700-1900 Monumental Inscriptions, York, (Society of Friends), York, England, 1700-1900(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1800-1900 Monumental Inscriptions, St. Lawrence, York, England, 1800-1900(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1813-1837 York Burial Index, 1813-1837(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1850-1950 Monumental Inscriptions of Wakefield Road Baptist Church, Stalybridge, ca. 1850-1950(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1917-1993 York, Dringhouses Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- All Saints Pavement Monumental Inscriptions, York, Yorkshire, England(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Copies of Monumental Inscriptions in many York Churches(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Friends Burial Ground(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Friends' Burial Ground Bishophill(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Friends' Burial Ground Heslington Road, York (Retreat)(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Inscriptions from the Cholera Burial Ground at York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions at York Cemetery(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in St. George's Churchyard, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Cemetery of the Bar Convent, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Cholera Burial Ground, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Church and Churchyard of All Saints, Pavement, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Church and Churchyard of Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Church and Churchyard of St. Cuthbert, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Church and Churchyard of St. Lawrence, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Church and Churchyard of St. Margaret, Walmgate, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Church and Churchyard of St. Mary Bishophill Junior, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Church and Churchyard of St. Savior's, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Church of St. Clement, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Church of St. Helen, Stonegate, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Church of St. Michael Le Belfrey, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Churchyard of Holy Trinity, King's Court (Now King's Square), York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Churchyard of St. Denys, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Churchyard of St. Mary Bishophill Senior, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Churchyard of St. Maurice, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions, of St. Lawrence Church, York, Yorkshire, England(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions St. Crux, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions, St. Michael, Spurriergate, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Moravian Chapel Graveyard Monumental Inscriptions, Yorkshire, England(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- St. John's Church, Micklegate, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- St. Martin, Coney Street, York, Monumental Inscriptions(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- St. Mary Castlegate, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- St. Sampson, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- The Inscribed Memorials in the Church and Churchyard of St. Martin-cum-Gregory, in Micklegate, York(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- The Register of Burials in York Minster, Accompanied by Monumental Inscriptions, and Illustrated With Biographical Notices(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- York Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- York City Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions (York, England)(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- York Public Cemetery Register(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Yorkshire, England Monumental Inscriptions(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration
Records from York Registration District held at York are included in the online index available at Yorkshire BMD for post 1837 events; view the coverage table to check progress on the availability of index search.
Marriages include:
- Church of England marriages.
- Civil Marriages at register offices, or non-conformist churches where a registrar was required to be present at the ceremony.
- Authorised Person marriages. These cover the non-conformist places of worship which applied to keep their own registers as a result of the Marriage Act, 1898 (bringing them into line with Jewish and Quaker marriages which had this status since 1837). In such cases an 'Authorised Person' (usually the minister or priest) recorded the ceremony instead of the registrar. Earlier weddings in these places would be included with civil marriage registers.
A secondary index of Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these . There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD however this secondary index may omit the event and may not contain the detail of the Yorkshire BMD index
Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
NonConformist Records refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| York Minster Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Yorkshire | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Yorkshire | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Yorkshire ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Banns-Yorkshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Church of England (Early)-West Riding ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Church of England (Late)-West Riding ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - West Riding of Yorkshire ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Yorkshire ($)
- 1611-1861 Archdeaconry of Richmond, England, Church of England Marriage Bonds, 1611-1861 at Ancestry – index & images ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
Census Records
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Yorkshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
References
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/
- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 719-742. Date accessed: 11 October 2013.