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Location	:	Barmby on the Marsh, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, England
Coordinate	:	53.7476490, -0.9549090
Description	:	Barmby-on-the-Marsh was originally a chapelry in the parish of Howden, but set as an independent ecclesiastical parish in 1864. The churchyard cemetery surrounds the church building on all sides. The particulars of the first burial in the churchyard are unknown but some of the original Church of England parish registers and Bishop's transcripts been deposited in local government archives. Burials and baptisms at the St Helen's Churchyard start in 1763 and are recorded in the Howden parish register until 1779. Prior to this time, all burials recorded in the Howden parish register would have taken place at the Howden... Read More	Barmby-on-the-Marsh was originally a chapelry in the parish of Howden, but set as an independent ecclesiastical parish in 1864. The churchyard cemetery surrounds the church building on all sides. The particulars of the first burial in the churchyard are unknown but some of the original Church of England parish registers and Bishop's transcripts been deposited in local government archives. Burials and baptisms at the St Helen's Churchyard start in 1763 and are recorded in the Howden parish register until 1779. Prior to this time, all burials recorded in the Howden parish register would have taken place at the Howden Minster Churchyard. A separate register for St Helen's was kept starting in 1777 for baptisms and 1790 for burials. This coincides with a redevelopment of the church building and the formal establishment of St Helen’s as a chapel of ease within the Howden parish. A gap in the record of burials taking place at St Helen's seems to exist between the years 1777 and 1790. The village of Barmby-on-the-Marsh is located about four miles west of the town of Howden, near the conlfuence of the Ouse and Derwent rivers. Bulmer's History and Directory of East Yorkshire (1892) describes the parish as consisting of 1,469 acres of land and 89 acres of water. The village is mentioned in the Doomesday book and local tradition holds that William the Conqueror gave twenty acres of land to forty of his soldiers near the village. Barmby-on-the-Marsh was once a busy river port, with industries that included sail cloth, course linen and rope making, and a salmon fishery. The marshland of the parish is now protected from flooding by a concrete tidal barrage built in 1975 and the skyline of the village is dominated by the Drax power station. St. Helen's Church is Grade II listed in the UK. The building consists of an eastern chancel, middle nave, and a western tower topped with a copper roof and containing two bells. According the Bulmer's History and Directory of East Yorkshire (1892) the nave dates to the 1600s and was originally built as a tithe barn for the prebend of Barmby. The original tower was built from wood and was replaced in 1773 by the present day tower of brick at a cost of £120. The church was restored in 1870s at which time the chancel was rebuilt. The churchyard is said to contain a spring rich in iron, St Helen's Well, with a second spring rich in sulfur, St Peter's Well, located nearby. Water from these springs were said to have healing properties and to help protect the local population from cholera and other diseases. St Helen's Church was closed to worship in 2007, and the building and a portion of the churchyard were offered for sale in 2011. Apparently, the sale of the church will be subject to provisions for preservation of headstones and retention of public access to the churchyard. The East Riding of Yorkshire Council is now responsible for the maintenance St Helen's churchyard and cemetery.

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