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Since probably 1800 one might consider St. Lawrence a suburban parish of the City of York. It is located southeast of the centre of York but outside the walled city. It is sometimes referred to as St. Lawrence Street which is the main east-west road through the parish.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of York St. Lawrence from John Bartolomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles of 1887:
- "St Lawrence, par., partly in East-Riding Yorkshire, but chiefly in York city, 1476 ac., pop. 3263."
An earlier gazetteer provided by GENUKI states
- "YORK ST LAWRENCE, a parish in the city of York, without Walmgate, (united with St. Nicholas, which church is no longer standing) a vicarage peculiar, value +5L. 10s. with St. John, a perpetual curacy, value, together, p.r. 7L. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. --Pop. including St. Nicholas, 799."
This map from GENUKI is centred on St. Nicholas parish; St. Lawrence parish is the more built-up area to the left which appears to have been cut off. The "Map of York dated 1852" (see below) shows St. Lawrence in relation to the City of York (bottom right-hand corner).
Parish registers began in 1606; Bishop's Transcripts in 1628 (Source: FamilySearch Wiki)
St. Lawrence parish was in the Walmgate Sub-District of York Registration District 1837-1904.
Research Tips
- GENUKI on York St. Lawrence. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
- The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of York St. Lawrence provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
The Victoria County Histories was a publication project that began in the early 20th century. Some volumes (but not all) are available online through the Institute of Historical Research of the School of Advanced Study of the University of London. They contain a great deal of information about the ownership of manors within individual parishes and quite often include family trees of the landowning inhabitants. The volumes available for the City of York are:
- A History of the County of York: the City of York Edited by P M Tillott. Published 1961. The volume of more than 80 chapters (577 pages) takes both a chronological and a thematic approach to the history of the City of York from before the Norman Conquest to the twentieth century.
- The chapter entitled "The Boundaries of the City" described the parishes outside the city walls, and contains maps.
- The Parish Churches is a single long article on the parish churches of York. Each one is discussed in a fair bit of detail, but it is necessary to use the search box provided to find the details on a specific church. This chapter is followed by three covering Protestant Nonconformity, Roman Catholicism, and the Jews.
- A History of the County of York: Volume 3 Edited by Wm Page. Published 1974. A part volume from the Victoria County Histories, dealing with religious houses in the County of York, including York and Beverley minsters, and the prominent Cistercian houses Rievaulx and Fountains.
Other research tips
- Wikipedia has an article, "Medieval parish churches of York", with a paragraph or two about each of the churches listed here in WeRelate. These are articles about the church edifices rather that about the parishes surrounding them.
- English Jurisdictions 1851 is a FamilySearch website which maps the boundaries of the individual parishes. On a viewing earlier today (16 Feb 2018) it ceased to load, not for the first time lately. There may problems with it linking to the rest of the FamilySearch website.
- A map of York dated 1852 is very large and "zoomable". It shows all the churches and the borders of the parishes surrounding them. British History Online states that this was the first real attempt at mapping York.
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