102 baptisms and 71 burials at Penshaw All Saints, from the parish register, for the year 1836. In the baptisms, the Penshaw clerk kindly continued recording mother’s maiden surnames, and birth dates for most children. Residences mentioned besides Penshaw include Biddick, Burnmoor, Carr Houses, Coxgreen, D Pit, New Penshaw, Newbottle, Offerton, Penshaw Staiths, Philadelphia, Shiney Row, and Wapping.

Sample baptisms:

• 26 Jun 1836 Hannah Fenwick, of Philadelphia, daughter of Joseph Fenwick (pitman) & Jane Moody
• 21 Dec 1836 Thomas Phillips Henderson, of Offerton Haugh, illegitimate son of Sarah Henderson (single woman)

Sample burial:

• 31 May 1836 John Woodifield, of Penshaw Staiths, age: 70