1,135 burials at Durham St. Margaret of Antioch, a chapelry in the parish of St. Oswald. This register was in very bad condition; parts of 1773-74 were so faded they were unreadable and there are lots of blank spaces and partial entries. A few entries had only the date entered, with no names or descriptions attached. We transcribed from the parish register for Jan-Mar 1765 and Mar 1770-Dec 1787, working from both the microfilm and from the original register when the film was unreadable. Only Apr 1765-Mar 1770 is from the Bishop’s Transcript.
Some samples of one useless and several useful entries:
- 4 Jan 1765 [blank], a strainger child
- 8 Jun 1766 Margaret Busby, widow of Livley Busby
- 15 Jul 1771 Ann Rickaby, daughter of Richard Rickaby
- 9 Apr 1775 George Hines, son of widow Hines
- 28 Mar 1780 Paul Nailer, soldier
- 18 Jun 1784 Thomas Heart, age: 118 years
- 18 Jan 1787 Thomas Coates, lunatick, pauper