780 baptisms from the Wolsingham Wesleyan Methodist Circuit for 1858-1878 plus one stray from 1848. Unlike Anglican baptisms, most of these include the birth date of the child, but not the father’s occupation. Residences mentioned include Allenheads, Black Clough, Boltsburn, Bridge End, Brier Hill, Burnhope, Burtreeford, Copt Hill, Corn Riggs, Cowshill, Crooks Altar, Daddry Shield, Earn Well, East Black Dean, Eastgate, Fold House, Frosterley, Gold Hill, Hawkwell Head, High Hotts, High House, High Rigg, Ireshope, Ireshopeburn, Irestone, Lanehead, Laneside, Level Gate, Ling or Lynn Riggs, Low Burn, Low Prize, Middlehope, Mount Pleasant, Puddingthorn, Rigg House, Rookhope, Rowantree Foot, Rush, St. John’s Chapel, Shallow Ford, Sidehead, Six Days Work, Stanhope, Stripe Head, Swinhope House, Tow Law, Wearhead, Wellhope, Westfall, Westgate, Windy Side, and Wolf Clough.

Samples:

• 19 Feb 1848 Joseph Race, of High House, born 11 Jan 1848, son of Joseph Race & Elizabeth
• 2 Jan 1859 Phebe Featherston, of Middle Rigg, born 27 May 1858, daughter of John Featherston & Sarah
• 6 Oct 1867 Joseph William Walton Nattrass, of Ireshopeburn, born 4 Aug 1867, son of Aaron Nattrass & Margaret
• 3 Jun 1877 William Winskill, of Rookhope, born 6 May 1877, son of William Featherstone Winskill & Susannah

Added the witnesses to our existing 64 marriages at Winston for 1813-37, giving you 166 new names to search in.

454 baptisms and 641 burials at Whorlton St. Mary in Teesdale district covering 1765-1820, with just burials for 1871-1981. The 1765-1820 records are from the Bishop’s Transcript with extensive checking against the parish register. Residences mentioned besides Whorlton include Arlaw Banks, Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Bowron or Boldron, Cockfield, Darlington, Gainford, Humbleton, Marwood, Newsham, Sledwick, Stainton, Stubb House, West Auckland, Westwick, and Whorley Hill.

Sample baptisms:

• 15 Sep 1765 Hannah Stanwix, daughter of Peter Stanwix & Jane
• 3 Nov 1793 William Wappat, son of Ralph Wappat & Sarah
• 11 Jan 1801 Thomas Stanwix, born 14 Dec 1800, 1st son of William Stanwix (mason, native of this parish) by his wife Dorothy Greathead (native of Heighington)
• 9 Aug 1812 Sarah Wappet, born 9 Aug, 1st daughter of Thomas Wappet (labourer, native of Barnard Castle) by his wife Eleanor Raine (native of Barnard Castle)
• 24 Apr 1819 Joseph Beetham, of Whorlton, son of Thomas Beetham & Anne

Burials:

• 12 May 1768 Eleanor Wake, daughter of George Wake & Margaret
• 14 Oct 1794 Sarah Millions, of Whorlton, age: 60, wife of John Millions
• 15 Nov 1800 John Binks, of Whorlton, age: 79, died 12 Nov, blacksmith
• 13 Mar 1810 Robert Wappet, of Whorlton, age: 9 days, died 12 Mar, son of Thomas Wappet (labourer) & Eleanor his wife, late Raine
• 24 Oct 1812 Eleanor Dawson late Shutt, of Ovington, age: 88, died 22 Oct, widow of George Dawson (labourer), her maiden name was Shutt, was first married to John Jackson
• 9 Jan 1820 Johnson Wall, of Startforth, age: 89
• 13 Apr 1872 Jane Brownless, of Whorlton, age: 94
• 11 Sep 1929 James Wycliffe Headlam-Morley, of 9 Grosvenor Hill, Wimbledon, London, age: 65
• 16 Jan 1965 Philip Stanwix, of Blue Stone Cottage, Marwood, Barnard Castle, age: 64

While we were in the register, we also added the witnesses to the 42 existing 1813-1837 marriages, giving you 144 new names to search in. If you previously purchased a marriage at Whorlton, you can view the witnesses by clicking My Previous Orders and reviewing the marriage.