St Helen Churchyard
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St Helen Churchyard

York, York Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England

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  • Get directions St Helen's Square & Stonegate
    York, York Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire YO1 8QN England
    Coordinates: 53.96030, -1.08420
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Evidence suggests that a church building was at this location prior to the Conquest. St Helen Church was once surrounded by an extensive churchyard but the churchyard was sold to the York City Corporation in 1745 so that a connecting carriage street could be built to Blake Street. A replacement burial ground ( St Helen Church Cemetery) was built further southeast on Daveygate and consecrated for burials from St Helen parish in September of 1745. St Helen Churchyard was bricked over and is now a roadway and part of the public space known as St Helen Square. Monuments located within the parish church building that date from after 1745 will generally commemorate individuals buried in the St Helen Church Cemetery. Burial registers for St Helen parish cover the period 1568 to 1852. These have been deposited with the Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD.
Evidence suggests that a church building was at this location prior to the Conquest. St Helen Church was once surrounded by an extensive churchyard but the churchyard was sold to the York City Corporation in 1745 so that a connecting carriage street could be built to Blake Street. A replacement burial ground ( St Helen Church Cemetery) was built further southeast on Daveygate and consecrated for burials from St Helen parish in September of 1745. St Helen Churchyard was bricked over and is now a roadway and part of the public space known as St Helen Square. Monuments located within the parish church building that date from after 1745 will generally commemorate individuals buried in the St Helen Church Cemetery. Burial registers for St Helen parish cover the period 1568 to 1852. These have been deposited with the Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD.

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  • Added: 2 Jan 2016
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2599592