1,942 baptisms and 2,460 burials at Merrington St. John the Evangelist, known in earlier times as Kirk Merrington or Church Merrington, in Auckland district. Residences mentioned include Binchester, Bishop Auckland, Bishop’s Close Cottages, Butcher Race, Byers Green, Chilton, Colliery Row (Tudhoe), Cornforth, Coundon, Coxhoe, Durham city, Escomb, Ferryhill, Garmondsway Moor, Green Lane, Hall Heads, Hartlepool, Hett, Leasingthorne, Little Chilton, Low Spennymoor, Merrington, Merrington Lane, Middlestone, Middlestone Moor, Middridge, Mount Pleasant (parish of Brancepeth), Page Bank Colliery, Rushyford, Sedgefield, Spennymoor, Thinford Lane, Tottenham, Trimdon, Tudhoe, Viner’s Close, West Auckland, West Close, Westerton, Windlestone, and Woodham.

Baptism samples:

• 28 Jul 1833 Henry Ayre, of Hett, child of Thomas Ayre (mason) & Dorothy
• 22 Oct 1841 Ord Ward, of Ferry Hill, child of John Ward (blacksmith) & Anne
• 2 Oct 1859 Henry Worton, of Mount Pleasant, parish of Brancepeth, child of John Worton (mill manager) & Emma
• 2 Mar 1862 Alice Dunn, of Middlestone, child of Reuben Dunn (labourer) & Isabella
• 10 Mar 1872 John Thomas Moralee, of Windlestone, child of William Moralee (mason) & Isabella
• 28 Dec 1884 Harrison Marr Wills, of Merrington, child of John Wills (fireman) & Mary Ellen Wills

Burials samples:

• 22 Oct 1833 Catharine Moralee, of Ferryhill, age: 114
• 26 Sep 1842 Richard Dunn, of Chilton, age: 25, killed in sinking at Leasingthorne colliery – 2 other men John Ridley & Henry Buist severely injured
• 28 Nov 1858 True Worton, of Mount Pleasant, parish of Brancepeth, age: 53, certified
• 17 Oct 1870 Ralph Murner, of Sunderland Bridge Weigh Bar, age: 72
• 17 Dec 1884 Thomas Chrisp Ayre, of Hett, age: 39

These records are from a mix of the parish register and the Bishop’s Transcripts. Specifically, 1833-52, 1862-1874, and 1879-1884 are from the Bishop’s Transcript, and 1853-61 and 1875-78 are from the parish register.