658 baptisms at South Shields St. Hilda’s in the year 1831

1,931 burials at Sunderland Holy Trinity churchyard for 1839-1841. Most entries give details not usually found in the parish register, including death date, occupation, parent, or husband:

• 1 Jan 1839 Mary Pallas, of Barrack Street, age: 5 months, died 28 Dec 1838, daughter of Richard Pallas (pilot)
• 31 Dec 1841 Frances Loney, of Vine Street, age: 80, died 28 Dec 1841, widow of Samuel Loney (mariner)
• 8 Jan 1839 Henry Dobbing, of High Street, age: 34, died 4 Jan 1839, hat manufacturer

By filling in this gap, we now have a continuous run of burials at Sunderland Holy Trinity for 1719 – 1842.

6,023 burials at Sunderland Cemetery (Stockton Rd, Grangetown) in 1875-1884. This block includes the burials following the Victoria Hall Disaster of June 16, 1883 in which 183 children died. (31 of these children were buried at Mere Knolls, 1 at the Southwick parish church, 116 at Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, and 22 at Sunderland Cemetery. This leaves 13 burials unaccounted for.)

As usual, the cemetery register provides more detail about the deceased than the parish register:

• 9 Dec 1884 James Pentland, of 35 Spring Garden Lane, age: 65, blacksmith
• 28 Dec 1884 Mary Middlehurst, of 15 Vine Street, age: 4 months, daughter of Emmanuel Middlehurst
• 5 Jan 1875 Eleanor Craig, of Woodbine Street, age: 75, wife of Wilkinson Craig