7,915 burials at Shildon St. John covering 1847-1905 and 2,341 burials at New Shildon All Saints covering 1868 to 18 August 1903. New Shildon parish was created in late 1868 from parts of Shildon, Heighington, and Auckland St. Andrew.
Residences mentioned include Adelaide Colliery, Auckland St. Andrew, Aycliffe, Bildershaw, Binchester, Bishop Auckland, Black Boy, Bolam, Brusselton, Chapel Row, Copy Crooks, Coundon, Darlington, East Thickley, Eldon, Fyland’s Bridge, Gurney Villa, Heighington, Hunwick, Leasingthorne, Middridge, New Shildon, Old Shildon, Riseburn, Royal Oak, Sedgefield, Shildon, South Church, Thickley, West Auckland, and Windlestone.
There was a smallpox epidemic extending from Dec 1871 to July 1872, which claimed at least 90 people and increased the death rate by 50% for this period.
Sample burials from New Shildon All Saints:
- 3 Apr 1872 Robert Innes Stuart, of New Shildon, age: 38, died of smallpox
- 29 Nov 1881 Louisa Anne Hogg, of Brusselton Railway Cottages, age: 9
- 7 May 1899 George William Urwin, of New Shildon, age: 3 months, Benjamin Urwin responsible for funeral
- 26 Jan 1902 Alfred Cowperthwaite, of Short Street, age: 30 (about), Coroner’s Order
Sample burials from Shildon St. John:
- 6 Jan 1847 Mary Elliott, of Old Shildon, age: 60
- 13 Jan 1853 Emma Sophia Manisty, of Shildon Parsonage, age: 8
- 2 Jan 1864 Henry William Freer Martin Lomax, of New Shildon, age: 34
- 28 Mar 1874 Margaret Cain, of Shildon, age: 93
- 25 Mar 1886 William Ruecroft, of Shildon, age: 42, killed at Eldon Colliery
- 3 Aug 1899 Edward Monaghan, of Shildon, age: 58, Roman Catholic. Burial certified under the Burials Amendment Act 1880.
This data set caused our burial count to exceed 700,000 ! Burial # 700,000 was at Shildon St. John:
- 20 Aug 1871 William Richardson, of Eldon, age: 6