SNAITH PRIORY VICARAGE

The house was built for Charles Yarburgh C1760, initially two

 storeys high. It was built as a vicarage for Snaith Priory Church. 

 The fist vicar to live herte was Rev William Williams who was vicar

 of Snaith Priory from 1755 until 1775.

• Vicar from 1775 Edward Bracken. He resigned in 1787 and died in 1789.
• Vicar from 1787 Edward Bracken Junior (aged 29) He was appointed  perpetual curate. He married in 1779 aged 21                                                                                In 1791, he had an upper storey added making it a 3 storey house.. In 1824 he died at the age of 66.
• Vicar from 1828   Rev Robert Sergeantson.  In the Census of 1841 he is aged 38 and married to Maria(38). They have 2 children and 4 servants.                                            In the Census of 1851  They have 4 children and 2 servants.
• Vicar from 1851  William J Sergeantson.  In the Census of 1861, he is aged 29 and unmarried. Living with him is his mother Maria (58), Also living here are his sister Anna Maria Eadon(31), her husband Frank Henry Eadon(39) - Captain in The Militia and their daughter Maude aged 11 months.   There are also 3 servants.
• Vicar from 1871 Henry Thomas Rees.  In the Census of 1871 he is aged 50. His wife Cordelia is aged 33 and they have  2 sons, 4 daughters and 2 servants. Henry Thomas died in 1877. There is a plaque in Snaith Priory Church to his memory, stating that he had been a vicar for 15 years.
• Vicar from 1877 Charles E Storrs (37) In the Census of 1881 when he was 41, his wife Edith was 34. THey had 6 daughters, 3 female boarders in their twenties and 4 female servants.                                                                                                                          In 1878, he officially opened the new school on Pontefract Road.  His name appears on the stone sign above the BLUE PLAQUE.                                                                  On 3rd August 1881, he applied for permission to install Billiard Tables and Bagatelle Boards in " The Public Coffee Rooms" which had opened in 1879 in premises at Millers Terrace just off Snaith High Street. The coffee rooms were open to all adults over the age of 17. A select reading room was also created for members only.  There was an annual subscription payable for membership.                                                                                On the 4th June 1882, while the vicarage was undergoing alterations, a gas explosion blew out all the windows.
• Vicar from 1886 until 1896, when he moved to London,  Edwin Storres Fox.   In 1890, two large boards were installed in the church. THEY ARE STILL THERE in 2023.  They list several charities, some dating back to the 17th century. Details of the purpose of each charity is given and the men responsible for those charities in 1890.
• Vicar from 1897  Cecil Sykes  He only served one year as he developed a very heavy cold and died from a brain seizure.
• Vicar from 1898 until 1906  Rev William Raven Hart
• Vicar from 1906 until 1924   William Seed
• Vicar from 1925 until 1938  Rev CH Moxley                                                                    In 1934, he married Edith Maud Burniston, a widow living at Snaith Lodge.  
• He was the last vicar to live here                                                                                                                                   

The rights of patronage of the vicars of Snaith was initially with Charles Yarburgh. It was passed down the Yarburgh line and then through their successors : the Deramore line.

On 28th March 1956, this patronage was transferred to  The Sheffield Diocesan Board

THIS BUILDING  AFTER THE VICARAGE

During World War 2,  (1939 - 1945)  this building was used for the care of children evacuated from Hull.

CRODA, was a local company that had been launched in 1925 in Rawcliffe Bridge. Their initial business was refining and selling lanolin. They were in profit by 1931 and were involved in war production 1939-1945. Their business was expanding and they needed a new Head Office.

In 1946, the Managing Director, Philip Alfred Wood (nephew of Mr Crowle- one of the founders of the company) purchased the former vicarage building and named it CRODA HOUSE. Tragically in 1949, he died at the age of 46.  His son, Frederick Wood succeeded him as MD.  By 1955 Croda had expanded and needed more space for their Head Office. They moved to COWICK HALL which was initially rented with an option to purchase within ten years.

CRODA continued to own the former vicarage until 1976.  It was known as Croda Research Establishment (CRE) It became a hive of activity with lots of chemists scattered throughout the building.

The building’s next role was as a printing works. Regency Printers, until 1985

In 1986 when a listed building report was published, the building was unoccupied.

In March 1988 it became an Arts and Crafts Centre

From 1991 onwards it became a private residence, although an application for one room to be used as a chiropody studio was approved in October 1998.

SNAITH PRIORY VICARAGES AFTER 1939

VICARAGE	YEARS	VICAR
2 Selby Road Snaith	1939-1945	Samuel Snell
3 Selby Road Snaith	1946 -1949	Canon Pascoe
3 Selby Road Snaith	1950-1954	Rev Allen Ramsker
11 Beastfair Snaith	1954 -1971	Rev Allen Ramsker
11 Beastfair Snaith	1972-1977	Rev C J Hodge
11 Beastfair Snaith An application was made to demolish this building in August 1986 but it was refused.	1978-1985	Rev Gareth Salisbury
Initially in temporary premises on Saffron Drive The Orchard Rectory	1986 2012	Canon Cyril Roberts
The Orchard Rectory	2013 -	Rev Eleanor Robertshaw

 

 This is what the building looked like when it was owned by CRODA