![Horton St. Mary Parish Chest [Churchwardens Accounts] - Click for bigger image](images/006971TH.jpg)
This is a page from the Churchwardens' Accounts of Horton parish. It relates to a visit made by the Archdeacon to the parish on 20th July 1764 and his recommendations for repairs to be carried out on the church. This volume would originally have been stored within the parish chest. Church records have been stored in the parish chest since medieval times. The Chest would usually be found in the vestry and kept under lock and key. All church records would be stored, for example, baptism registers, poor relief records and churchwardens' accounts.
