Hi Neil, Don't quote me, but I believe Yafforth now shares a vicar with Ainderby Steeple. Both are in the old North Riding of Yorkshire, and diocese of York, not in the diocese of Ripon (West Riding), which is why the Bishop's office transferred your query. I'm not sure what the situation is currently at Ainderby, but several of the local parishes are currently without a vicar at all, as people have retired or moved elsewhere in recent months, and there is an interregnum before a new minister is appointed. Hence your letter may have gone unanswered simply because there was no-one available to reply at the time. Many of the Ainderby memorials have disappeared over time. Some are in pieces, and comprise bits of paving in a "memorial garden" area (I hope this was made from stones which were already broken, not smashed for the purpose...!). This does not mean your people were not buried in the churchyard. You woiuld need to consult the burial registers; the parish registers before about 1970-80 for Ainderby and Yafforth are held at the North Yorkshire County Record Office in Northallerton; there are transcripts there for many of them. Best wishes, Roz