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

1, 133 baptisms and 943 burials at Staindrop St. Mary the Virgin in Teesdale district, covering 1864-1898 but temporarily missing 1883, 1886, and 1893. These are from the Bishop’s Transcript; we will fill in the missing 3 years from the parish register soon. Residences mentioned include Alwent, Barnard Castle, Butterknowle, Carr House, Cleatlam, Cockfield, Darlington, Evenwood, Gainford, Keverstone, Langleydale, New Raby, Raby Castle (and Park and Folly), Shotton, Staindrop, and Wackerfield.

Some baptisms:

• 6 Mar 1864 William Henry Skirrow, of Bradford in Yorkshire, son of Alfred Skirrow (butcher) & Jane
• 5 Nov 1873 Jeannette Bearpark, of Staindrop, daughter of Jane Bearpark
• 20 Nov 1891 Robert Gill Simpson, of Pallet Stone, Langleydale, son of Edward Simpson (farmer) & Esther
• 12 Nov 1897 Harold Flower, of Staindrop, son of Matthias Dodworth Flower (lath render) & Elizabeth Hodgson Flower

Burials:

• 26 Jan 1864 Henry Vane, of Raby Castle, age: 75, Duke of Cleveland
• 23 Mar 1864 Jane Taylor, of Staindrop, age: 103
• 22 Nov 1898 Gwendoline Eustace, of Staindrop, age: 1 year 8 months
• 26 Feb 1887 Ellen Alderson, of Gibbs Knees, age: 19

50 marriages at Trimdon St. Mary Magdalene in Stockton district, covering 1786-1812, including witnesses. Some samples:

• 5 Feb 1788 John Blenkey, of the parish of Appleton Wiske in the county of York married Margaret Robson, of the parish of Trimdon, by banns
  Witnesses: Thomas Forster, Daniel Collongwood
• 16 Oct 1811 Robert Scurfield (bachelor), of the parish of Bishop Wearmouth married Ann Newby (spinster), of this parish, by licence
  Witnesses: Robert Liddell, Elizabeth Liddell, William Newby, William Gates

Replaced the index to baptisms 1576-1639 at Whickham St. Mary with full details, so those 3,567 baptisms are now instantly available.

61 marriages at Trimdon St. Mary Magdalene covering 1853-1856, from the bishop’s transcript. These are the fully detailed marriages of the civil registration era. For example:

• 6 Jun 1855 Charles Sheraton (bachelor, joiner), full age, of Trimdon, son of John Sheraton (joiner) married Mary Alderson (widow), full age, of Trimdon, daughter of George Huscraft (farmer), by licence
  Witnesses: Michael Maddison, Elizabeth Sheraton

Most of these brides & grooms lived at the collieries of Trimdon and Trimdon Grange, with a few hailing from Ferryhill, Monk Heseldon, and as far away as Richmond and Liverpool.

Added witnesses to our existing marriages at Dinsdale, Etherley, Great Stainton, Hart, and Whitworth for 1813-1837. If you previously purchased a marriage at either place, you can now see the witnesses by logging in, clicking My Previous Orders in the left menu, looking for the marriage, then viewing it to see the witnesses (all free, of course, since you already paid for this record). This addition also provides several hundred new witnesses to search in, and we found 2 marriages at Hart that we missed the first time around.

734 baptisms at Hart St. Mary Magdalene in Hartlepool district, covering 1813-1856. Abodes mentioned include Benknowle, Cotsfold Close, Crimdon Cut, Dalton Piercy, Elwick, Hartlepool, Hart Warren, Lamb’s House, Low Throston, Middle Thorpe, Naisberry, Nelson, Nesbit, North Hart, Red Lion, Thorpe Bulmer, Three Gates, and Throston. Some samples:

• 23 Mar 1813 Jane Procter, of Hart Moor, daughter of Thomas Mowbray Procter (farmer) & Jane
• 31 Dec 1832 George March, of Low Throston, son of Ralph March (hind) & Elizabeth
• 6 Oct 1855 Beatrice Mary Harrison, of Hart, child of William Gorst Harrison (clerk) & Susan Arbuthnot Crawford Harrison

With the addition of the last set of Monkwearmouth marriages, we now have transcriptions of ALL the marriages that occurred in Anglican (Church of England) churches and chapels in County Durham from January 1813 to July 1837 (when Civil Registration started). Why this period? Because, for many parishes, the IGI lists marriages up to the end of 1812, but not beyond, so these marriages have not been easily accessible online until recently. Even for parishes whose marriages are listed in the IGI past 1813, our transcriptions may provide details such as marital status, place of residence, or witnesses whose names may prove helpful in identifying the bride or groom. (We are working on adding witnesses to the marriages; currently about 20% of the parishes have marriage witnesses recorded for this period.)

1,336 burials at Kelloe St. Helen, covering 1845-1852, from the Bishop’s Transcript. Residences mentioned include Bishop Middleham, Cassop, Clarence Hetton, Cold Knuckles, Cornforth, Coxhoe, East Hetton, Garmondsway, Haswell, Hett Moor, Heugh Hall, Joint Stock Row, Kelloe Pit, Ludworth, Quarrington, Quarrington Hill, Thornley, Trimdon, West Hetton, Wheatley Hill, Wingate, and Wingate Grange. Some samples:

• 7 Feb 1845 Charlotte Nutter, of Coxhoe Long Row, age: 5
• 21 Dec 1852 Melenea Gibson Anderson, of Brax, parish of St. Andrew Auckland, age: 17
• 8 Apr 1846 Cuthbert Dinham [Denham], of Coxhoe Ox Close, age: 93
• 21 Nov 1852 Jane Partis, of Coxhoe Square, age: 94