1,714 burials at Shincliffe St. Mary the Virgin, covering 1847-1903. Residences mentioned include Bishopwearmouth, Bowburn, Brandon Colliery, Cornsay Colliery, Coxhoe, Crow Trees, Dragon Villa, Durham City, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Houghall and Houghall Colliery, Langley Moor, Monkwearmouth, New Elvet, New Shincliffe, North Brancepeth Colliery, Old Durham, Pelaw Wood House, Sherburn House, Shincliffe (Bank Top, Colliery, Hall, Mill, Moor, etc.), Tudhoe Colliery, and Whitwell Grange.

Samples:

• 7 Jan 1847 John Hodgson, of Coldstreams, Tudhoe, age: 44
• 12 Jan 1861 Ann Darling, of Shincliffe Colliery, age: 96
• 24 May 1885 Ralph Adamson, of Shincliffe Colliery, age: 72, this was the first burial in the new ground.
• 11 Sep 1903 Barbara Adamson, of 9 Roman Road, South Shields, late of Durham City, age: 65

646 burials at Hunstanworth St. James, covering 1852-1959. We now have a continuous run of burials from the parish’s beginning in 1659 for three hundred years to the end of 1959. Residences mentioned besides Hunstanworth include Allenshields, Allergate, Bail or Bale Hill, Bay Bridge, Blanchland, Boltshope Park, Crag Nook, Cross Hill, Edmundbyers, Hard Struggle, Jeffrey’s Rake, Midge Holme, Nookton, Pressure Engine, Priestburn, Ramshaw, Ruffside, Shildon, Town Field, Wag Tail, White Heaps.

Samples:

• 22 Oct 1852 Mary Oliver, of Newbiggin, Shotley High Quarters, age: 89
• 9 Mar 1904 Oliver Whitfield, of Wolsingham, age: 41, found dead at Meadows Edge
• 6 Nov 1925 Margaret Smith, of 6 Marden(?) Crescent, Whitley, age: 82, died Nov 04, mother of Reverend J.H. Chisum Smith
• 13 Apr 1929 Sarah Robson, of Ruffside, Blanchland, formerly of The Terrace, Hunstanworth, age: 78, died at Stanhope,

1,598 burials at Eighton Banks St. Thomas, covering 1857-1900. Eighton Banks parish was carved out of Gateshead Fell and Lamesley parishes, with burials starting at Eighton Banks in 1857 and baptisms and marriages starting in 1863. Residences mentioned besides Eighton Banks include Black Fell, Birtley, Chowdean, Gateshead, Harlow Green, Heworth, Jarrow, Low Fell, Mount Pleasant, Newcastle, Sheriff Hill, Springwell, Usworth, Teams Colliery, TheMount, Washington, Whickham, Windy Nook, and Wrekenton.

Some samples:

• 17 Nov 1892 Abraham Dawson, of Eighton Banks, age: 92
• 27 Jan 1870 Margery Rowell, of Eighton Banks, age: 90
• 30 Jul 1861 Edward Lamb, of Eighton Banks, age: 89