A collection of 562 Auckland area baptisms & 185 burials from the Bishop’s Transcripts:

• 101 baptisms at Auckland St. Andrew in the year 1813
• 189 baptisms and 43 burials at Coundon St. James from the opening of the church in Sep 1842 to the end of 1845. Coundon parish was taken out of Auckland St. Andrew and is in Auckland district.
• 272 baptisms and 143 burials at Crook St. Catherine from the opening of the church in Jan 1844 to the end of 1848. Crook parish was taken out of Brancepeth and is in Auckland district.

The clerk at Auckland St. Andrew generously continued giving us the child order & maiden names of the mothers in baptisms for all of 1813:

• 1 Aug 1813 Alexander Gleason, of Bishop Auckland, 3rd son of Alexander Gleason (tailor) & Margaret Roughead

231 burials at Sadberge St. Andrew in Darlington district from 1762-1797. The following periods were transcribed from the parish register: Aug 1770-Oct 1771, 1772-73, 1778-79, Oct 1791-Jan 1794. The rest were transcribed from the Bishop’s Transcript, with some cross-checking against the register, which turned up no differences. The register was a mess around 1791, with half a page (apparently blank) cut out and records inserted upside down at the top of the page, and baptisms and burials on the same page.

These are our first burials in Darlington district!

687 baptisms at Stockton St Thomas 1807-1812, from the Bishop’s Transcript. Still in the wonderfully detailed period, we get samples like this:

• 20 Nov 1812 John Robert Walton, born 25 Oct 1812, 7th son of Thomas Lasiels Walton (innkeeper, native of Corham in Coverdale, Yorkshire) by his wife Mary Appleton (native of this parish)

We now have a complete run of baptisms at Stockton St. Thomas from 1762 to 1814, plus 1829-32. We will work on filling the gap from 1815-1829 shortly. Remember, Stockton St. Thomas is not indexed by the IGI, so we are pleased to offer you our unique comprehensive index to this parish.

190 baptisms at Croxdale St. Bartholemew 1813-1831, from the Bishop’s Transcript and the parish register. Croxdale, in Durham district, served inhabitants of Brancepeth, Croxdale, the Durham city parishes of Elvet and St. Oswald, Hett in Merrington parish, High Butterby, Merrington, Sunderland Bridge, Tudhoe in Brancepeth parish, and Tursdale.