At Barnard Castle St. Mary, for 1834-1842, from the Bishop’s Transcript:

• 1,508 baptisms
• 1,147 burials

This caused our burial count to reach a milestone – our 500,000th burial was:

• 22 Feb 1842 Elizabeth Bell, of Barnard Castle, age: 14

The oldest person in this burial set was:

• 19 Nov 1839 Mary Longstaff, of Barnard Castle, age: 99

People baptized with the most lengthy interesting names:

• 29 Jul 1834 Richard Darlew Higson Waddilove, of Barnard Castle, son of Richard Darlew Higson Waddilove (cooper) & Elizabeth
• 5 Dec 1842 Louisa Ann Barthropp Shafto, of Barnard Castle, daughter of John Delavel Shafto (spirit merchant) & Anne

As well as Barnard Castle, residences listed include Marwood, Stainton, Startforth. Streatlam, Romaldkirk, Langleydale, Kinninvie, and Westwick.