St. Lawrence's Churchyard
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St. Lawrence's Churchyard

York, York Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England

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    York, York Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire YO10 3BN England
    Coordinates: 53.95405, -1.06887
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The present church is Victorian, but in its churchyard is the small tower of its predecessor (in which Sir John Vanbrugh was married in 1719). This dates back to the twelfth century, although its top storey was added in the early sixteenth century.

The tower, which is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, has an impressive Norman doorway, formerly one of the entrances to the nave





Burial registers for the St Lawrence parish cover the period 1606 to 1867. These have been deposited with the Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD. Like all other church burial locations within the City of York, the St Lawrence Churchyard would have been closed to further burials by parliamentary order in December 1854. Subsequent burials from the parish would have occurred in public cemeteries such as York Cemetery.





The present church is Victorian, but in its churchyard is the small tower of its predecessor (in which Sir John Vanbrugh was married in 1719). This dates back to the twelfth century, although its top storey was added in the early sixteenth century.

The tower, which is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, has an impressive Norman doorway, formerly one of the entrances to the nave





Burial registers for the St Lawrence parish cover the period 1606 to 1867. These have been deposited with the Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD. Like all other church burial locations within the City of York, the St Lawrence Churchyard would have been closed to further burials by parliamentary order in December 1854. Subsequent burials from the parish would have occurred in public cemeteries such as York Cemetery.





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