In 1335, a row of houses were built in the churchyard of St Martin; almost entirely rebuilt on several occasions, the last remains survived until 1958. They were built by Robert Fitzgiles but unsure as to whether he lived on Coney Street himslef
We have added the early rental records here along with the deed and rental records of the Church holdings in subsections
Details from An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 5, Central
(139) Row of Houses, No. 11, of which fragmentary remains survived until 1958, was built in the churchyard of St. Martin in 1335 by Robert, son of Giles, carpenter, for Thomas de Ludham, vicar. The original contract, preserved in the Minster Library, is published in Salzman, 430–2. The houses were damaged by fire and largely remodelled in the early 17th century, and further alteration took place in the 19th century.
Parts of five main posts and a few joists of the original row survived into the 20th century, enough to substantiate the layout as described in the contract. Before the 17th-century alterations, the houses stood 3 ft. from the N. wall of the church and were jettied on the N. front facing St. Martin’s Lane. There was a house occupying two bays at the E. end and six smaller houses of one bay each, forming a range 100 ft. long. In the 17th century the building was widened to the S., blocking all the openings in the N. wall of the church. Demolished
1851 John Todd Cordwainer
william Peters Lettter carrier
James Scott stonemason *vicarage House lodgings
Church Yard House
Robert Anderson Woollen Draper & Tailor;
*John Stead Cabinet Maker, *Peter Stead Wood Turner
1861 MARTIN’s CHURCH,
Rev. Major Iider Bresher, rector Anderson Robert William, tailor Buckley Thomas, lodging house
1876 St. Martin’s Church Bresher Rev Major Rider, M.A., vicar of St. Martin’s
St Martin’s School Master, Rev. M.R. Dresher, M.A.
1885 St Martin’s Church
St Martin’s Churchyard.
York Herald printing works
Gill Thos. joiner
Alms houses for 5 poor people
1886 St. Martin’s church
St Martin’s Churchyard.
York Herald printing works
Gill Thos. joiner
Alms houses for 6 poor people
1889 St. Martin-le-Grand Church
Johnson, Henry, church verger
Garnett, Mrs. charwoman
Whittaker, Mrs. seamstress
Richardson, Mrs.and Miss
1895 MARTIN’S CHURCH, Rev. Canon Richard Beverley Machell M.A. vicar
Yorkshire Herald Jobbing Office
Laycock George, verger
1898 MARTIN’S CHURCH Machell, Rev. Canon Richard Beverley, vicar of St. Martin’s “Herald ” Printing Works Laycock, George, church verger and sexton
Brown, Mrs. C.
Emmerson, Mrs.
Whittaker, Mrs., seamstress Richardson, Miss
Botterill, Miss
1902 St. MARTIN’S CHURCH Trundle, Rev, Geo, vicar of St. Martin’s
“Herald” Printing Works Emmerson, Arthur
Baldock, Robert, verger
Brown, Mrs. C.
Whittaker, Mrs., seamstress Richardson, Miss
Botterill, Miss
1913 ST.MARTIN LE GRANDCHCH Trundle Rev. George M. A. (St. Martin’s vicarage)
Baldock Robert, sexton of St. Martin-le-Grand
1921 ST.MARTIN LE GRANDCHCH
Bell Rev. Canon Charles Carlyle (St. Martin’s vicarage)
Perry Linus Jonathan, sexton of St. Martin-le-Grand
