2,577 baptisms and 1,730 burials at Staindrop St. Mary the Virgin in Teesdale district, covering 1765-1812, from the Bishop’s Transcript with some missing bits filled in from the parish register. Residences mentioned include Alwent, Blakeley, Cleatlam, Darlington, Dent Gate, Farmhouse, Gawens House, Gibsneese, Hilton, Hullam House, Hungerknowle, Ingleton, Keverstone, Langleydale, Leeside, Lucy-cross, Moorside, Motherly House, Mulberry, New Mulberry, New Raby, Parks, Raby, Raby Castle, Raby Folly & Parks, Scaifhouse, Shotton, Snotterton, Staindrop, Staindrop Moor, Streatlam, Wackerfield, and Wardhouse.
When the Barrington period started in 1798, the clerk was a little slow to start recording parents’ nativities. For January through mid-October 1798, about half of the parents have nativities and the father’s occupation. After that, it gets better, and we get some mother’s fathers, but those are not consistently recorded until 1805. Sample baptisms:
- 8 Jan 1765 Margaret Middleton, of Ingleton, daughter of John & Dorothy Middleton
- 13 Feb 1776 Thomas Eels, of Farmhouse, son of Christopher & Mary Eels
- 25 Sep 1785 John Allen, of Langlydale, son (natural child) of Mary Allen, P
[Note: "P" may mean "private baptism", but it more likely means that the family was poor. See our Help Topic on this for more details.] - 30 Dec 1796 John & Mary Wheatley, of Blakely, twins of Thomas & Ann Wheatley
- 1 Jan 1798 Ann Bowser, of Ingleton, born 3 Sep 1797, 2nd daughter of Thomas Bowser (butcher) by his wife Margaret Simpson
- 1 Mar 1799 Ann Parnaby, of Shotton, born 26 Feb, child of Christopher Parnaby (farmer) by his wife Ann Hardy (native of Copley in the parish of Hamsterley)
- 18 Dec 1805 William Speight Ruddock, of Staindrop, born 10 Dec, 1st child of Henry Ruddock (butcher, native of this place) by his wife Mary Speight (daughter of William Speight, native of Trinity Parish, York)
- 28 Apr 1811 Ruth Tennick, born 27 Feb 1798, late a Quaker, 1st child of John Tennick (labourer of Staindrop) by his wife Elizabeth Boyns (daughter of Joseph Boyns, of Raby)
Sample burials:
- 21 Jan 1765 Ann Applegarth, of Staindrop, wife of Robert Applegarth
- 20 Sep 1785 Elizabeth Pinkney, of Ingleton, daughter of Jacob & Margaret Pinkney, P [=poor]
- 29 Apr 1796 Ann Pearson, of Staindrop, widow of George Pearson (parish clerk deceased)
- 8 Jan 1798 Jonathan Mathers, age: 27, servant, a batchelor, late of Wakefield, Yorkshire, died 5 Jan, rheumatic fever
- 15 May 1801 Mary Rayson, of Scafe House, age: 18 days, died 14 May, infant daughter of the late Henry Rayson (yeoman) by his wife Jane Helmer
- 20 Feb 1808 Alice Sayer late Bainbridge, of Raby Folly, age: 49, died 18 Feb, wife of James Sayer (carpenter), consumption