3,201 burials at Sacriston St. Peter covering 1866-1906. This parish was carved out of Chester-le-Street and Witton Gilbert in 1863, but records don’t start there until 1866. Residences mentioned besides Sacriston  include Broad Myres, Byron Pit, Charlaw Pit, Chester Moor, Craghead, Crook, Daisy Hill, Durham City, Edmondsley, Findon Hill, Holmside, Kimblesworth, Lanchester, Mount Pleasant, Nettlesworth, New Town, Plawsworth, Stanley, Tan Hills, Waldridge, Waldridge Fell, and Witton Gilbert.

The six longest-lived people in this 40 year period were women – here are the oldest 3, followed by the oldest male and a couple of randomly-chosen burials with interesting comments:

• 12 Jan 1895 Elizabeth Hetherington, of Rose Cottage, Sacriston, age: 95
• 17 Oct 1901 Sarah Bell, of 14 Victoria Street, age: 92
• 24 Dec 1887 Ann French, of Edmondsley, age: 90
• 28 Mar 1888 Henry Embleton, of Findon Hill, Sacriston, age: 87
• 29 Jul 1896 Ralph Alderson, of Oliver’s Terrace, New Town, Sacriston, age: 10, accidentally drowned at Sacriston Gas House
• 19 May 1899 Isabella Horsfield, of Stone Row, Edmondsley, age: 48, buried with her daughter and grandson at the same time and in the same grave.