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| Great Ayton |
The centre panel of a 3 panel plaque. (see also Photo)
| 750 | Some broken fragments in all Saints Church |
| date from the late 8th Century (W.G. Collingwood | |
| Yorks Arch: Journal. Vol: X1X) The are | |
| (1) Two pieces of a stone Crucifix and (2) a cross | |
| head and part of the shaft, both Anglian sculpture. | |
| 1086 | There was a Church here in the 11th Century |
| though not the present old building | |
| "In Atun....a Church and six acres of meadows | |
| (Domesday Book. Translated by R.H. Skaife) | |
| 1129 | Before 1129, this Church, with dependent |
| Chapel at Newton in Cleveland, was | |
| given by the family of Meynill of Whorlton Castle | |
| to the guardianship of the Abbot William Percy | |
| and Convent of Whitby | |
| (Cart. Abb: de Whiteby - Ed: by Canon J.C. Atkinson) | |
| 1175 | The present church of All Saints, formerly |
| dedicated to St. Mary, was built in the third | |
| quarter of the 12th Century. (Sir R.L. Peer's Report) | |
| Within the Parish of Ayton were two Chapels | |
| (1) The church of St. Mary at Nunthorpe, of ancient | |
| and probably private foundation, which though rebuilt, | |
| still exists, and is known as "old St. Mary, Nunthorpe" and | |
| 1215 | (2) A Church at Little Ayton, now lost, founded about 1215 |
| by the family fo Malbisse, and subsequently dependent on the | |
| Mother Church of Great Ayton | |
| The Rev. J. Graves, History of Cleveland | |
| The Parish of Ayton was served by stipendiary Curates | |
| appointed by the Abott & Convent of Whitby | |
| from the 12th Century until the Abbey was dissolved | |
| in 1538 --- W.J. Kaye. Ayton Registers | |
| 1300 | Three early 14th Century names occur |
| Ralph, the Deacon of Ayton. | |
| Richard, the Clerk of Ayton. | |
| Roger, the Clerk of Ayton. |
The left hand panel of a 3 panel plaque. (see also Photo)
| 1577 | Richard STONLEY |
| From 1585 to the present time, the Family of Marwood | |
| of Busby Hall, have presented Curates to the benefice | |
| of Ayton, but since 1880, when the township of Easby | |
| was annexed to the Parish of Ayton, they have done so | |
| alternately with the Archbishops of York. | |
| 1601 | Thomas ALDUS, buried at Ayton. 5 January 1635 |
| Some transcripts of the Parish Registers are preserved at | |
| York, from 1601. The Registers of Ayton begin in part in 1666 | |
| 1631 | Thomas HARDYE. |
| 1639 | Thomas KENNINGTON. Trinity College, Cambridge. |
| 1646 | Thomas EDWARDS. Displaced during the Commonwealth |
| Buried at Ayrton 26 Sept. 1661 | |
| 1661 | George EUBANKE. Trinity Hall, Cambridge. B.A. |
| 1662 | Cornelius COCKBURNE. Formerly a Presbyterian |
| also Curate of Newton-under-Roseberry from 1674. Died 1679 | |
| 1679 | Richard SLINGER. Christ's College, Cambridge. B.A. |
| Buried at Ayrton 10 Jan. 1680 | |
| 1681 | William STEPHENSON. St. John's College, Cambridge. M.A. |
| Buried at Ayrton 23 Jul 1705 | |
| 1705 | George SPENCER. Jesus College, Cambridge. M.A. Vicar |
| of Ingleby Greenhow 1703-7, also Curate of Ayton 1705-7. | |
| 1707 | Maurice LISLE. St. Peter's College, Cambridge. M.A. |
| Rector of Kildale, 1708-18, also Curate of Ayton 1707-15 | |
| but apparently not resident. Buried at Kildale 8 April 1719 | |
| 1715 | Peter MOON. St. Peter's College, Cambridge. Vicar of |
| Ingleby Greenhow 1708-19, also Curate of Ayton 1715-19 but | |
| apparently not resident. Buried at Ingleby Greenhow 5 Aug 1917 | |
| A New Testament printed in 1601, was presented | |
| to Ayton Church by Richard Musgrave in 1715. | |
| 1719 | Thomas MORLEY. St. John's College, Cambridge. |
| 1727 | Ralph JACKSON. University of Edinburgh M.A. |
| also Assistant Curate at Kildale. Buried at Ayton 21 Oct | |
| 1746. The churchwarden's Books at Ayton begin in 1733. | |
| 1747 | George METCALFE. also Assnt. Curate of Kildale. |
| 1756 | Anthony HASTWELL. also Assnt. Curate of |
| Kildale. Buried at Ayton 18 September 1794 | |
| Two silver Chalices each incised with a | |
| crucifix were presented to Ayton Church by | |
| Augustine Skuttowe, Churchwarden in 1744 | |
| 1794 | Thomas DEASON. St. John's College, Cambridge. B.A. |
| Curate of Whorlton in Cleveland, 1779-97 & of Faceby from | |
| 1792: also Curate of Ayton but apparently not Resident | |
| Assnt Curate - W. Deason 1794 | |
| 1795 | William DEASON. Trinity College, Cambridge M.A. |
| Curate of Whorlton in Cleveland, & of Faceby 1797-1827 | |
| also Curate of Ayton, but apparently not resident before | |
| 1816. Died 1827. | |
| Assnt Curates | |
| J. Mirrell 1799-1801 | |
| J. Thompson 1801-12 | |
| C. Swales 1813-14 | |
| J. Grice 1814 | |
| W. Jeffels 1814-16 | |
| J. Thompson Curate of Newton-under-Roseberry from 1816 | |
| 1827 | Joseph IBBETSON. St. John's College, Cambridge. M.A. |
| also Vicar of Nunthorpe from 1825 & Curate of Newton | |
| under-Roseberry 1825-68. Buried at Ayton 21 Oct 1887 | |
| Assnt Curates | |
| P. Kitchingman 1831 | |
| W. Shields 1848 | |
| T.N. Dixon 1848-50 -see note 1 | |
| F.M. Newton 1850-51 | |
| G. Robson 1851-64 | |
| G.A. Wright 1864 | |
| M. Rowntree 1864-71 | |
| G.A. Johnson 1871-74 | |
| J. Hughes 1874-1878 | |
| The Vicarage was built in 1846, "thus securing to | |
| the Parish, the benefit of a resident Clergyman" | |
| (Vestry Minutes 1854) whilst in 1877, the new Church | |
| Christ Church was consecrated 12 March by | |
| William Thomson, Archbishop of York. |
The left hand panel of a 3 panel plaque. (see also Photo)
| 1878 | John COLLIN. Emmanuel College, Cambridge. M.A. |
| also Vicar of Nunthorpe. | |
| Assnt. Curate. J.C. Hanson, 1880-83 | |
| In 1880 the township of Easby was annexed to the | |
| Parish of Ayton, and in the same year the tower & | |
| part of the Nave of All Saints were demolished. | |
| 1883 | Richard Marsden WITHINGTON, Corpus Christi |
| College Cambridge M.A. also Vicar of Nunthorpe | |
| Assistant Curates | |
| W.H. Leak 1883-86 | |
| J. de Savignon 1887-1888 | |
| T. Clarke-Smith 1889-91 | |
| E. Robinson 1892-94 | |
| C.V. Collier 1898-99 | |
| W.J. Hermitage 1899-1900 | |
| A peal of tubular Bells was hung in the steeple of | |
| Christ Church in 1887. Two other Bells hang | |
| in the Steeple: one is an old one dated 1712 | |
| and inscribed GLORIA IN ALTISSIMUS DEO. | |
| 1915 | Harold MERRYWEATHER, Worcater College |
| Oxford M.A. also Vicar of Nunthorpe | |
| Assistant Curates | |
| R.W. Oakley 1915-16 | |
| C.W. Hunton 1916-17 | |
| R.W.L. Connor, Curate of Newton under Roseberry 1918-21 | |
| In 1915 All Saints Church was restored | |
| to the service of God. | |
| 1921 | William Lawson SMITH. Queens College, Oxford M.A. |
| also Vicar of Nunthorpe 1921-26 and Curate | |
| of Newton under Roseberry from 1921 | |
| Assistant Curates | |
| P. Illingworth 1921-22 | |
| F.G. Buffey 1922-25 | |
| G.A. Hyde 1925-27 | |
| In 1926 the township of Nunthorpe was constituted | |
| a separate Parish and the new Church | |
| of St. Mary, Nunthorpe was consecrated by | |
| Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of York. | |
| 1932 | Robert Mountjoy KETTLEWELL, Oriel College, Oxford M.A. |
| also Curate of Newton under Roseberry | |
| 1939 | Reginald Ernest BRADSHAW. |
| Cuddeston College, also Curate of Newton | |
| 1955 | Herbert WARD |
| Kelham College, also Vicar of Newton. | |
| 1965 | Edward APPLEYARD |
| Kelham College, also Vicar of Newton. | |
| Assistant Curate | |
| J.D. Cave 1974-7 | |
| 1978 | Arthur James Gabriel ELLERY |
| St. John's College. Durham. B.Sc. | |
| also Vicar of Newton. | |
| 1982 | Phillip Leslie BISHOP B.D. (Lond) AKC |
| King's College, London, also Vicar of Newton. | |
| Parish Deacon | |
| Rev. Catherine Rowling B.Ed. 1980-89 | |
| 1990 | Peter Anthony Watson JONES. AKC DipCouns |
| King's College, London, Salisbury and Wells College | |
| also Vicar of Newton under Roseberry | |
| In 1991 Christ Church roof was repaired | |
| 1993 | Paul Harrison PEVERELL. B.A. |
| Ripon College, Cuddesden, | |
| also Vicar of Newton under Roseberry |
Data transcribed by
Patricia Hayward
from photography by Colin Hinson