Dalton le Dale, Durham Genealogy
Guide to Dalton le Dale, Durham family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Dalton le Dale, Durham | |
|---|---|
 Dalton-le-Dale St Andrew Durham | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Easington |
| County | Durham |
| Poor Law Union | Easington |
| Registration District | Easington |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1653 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1763 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Easington |
| Diocese | Durham |
| Province | York |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Durham Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
DALTON-LE-DALE (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Easington, N division of Easington ward and of the county of Durham, 11 miles E by N from Durham, and 7 S from Sunderland; comprising the townships of Dalton, Dawdon, Cold-Hesleton, and East Murton.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Dalton le Dale parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| PALL = Pallot's Marriage Index (Ancestry) - (£)[2] |
| Dalton le Dale Online Parish Records | ||||||
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| PALL | 1790-1812 | |||||
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
The Parish Registers for the period 1646-1967 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL EP/DD).
Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections Reference number: DDR/EA/PBT/2/70 Date: 1763-1867 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at FamilySearch Historical Records. Pending engineering correction the transcripts can be located under the misspelling "Calton le Dale".
The dates of the post-1760 transcripts have been noted in detail and sometimes only cover years. For most parishes in the collection there are gaps in the sequence of transcripts. It is advisable to consult the original parish registers for these years and events.
FamilySearch Historical Records includes England, Durham Diocese, Marriage Bonds and Allegations (FamilySearch Historical Records)
Non Conformist Churches[edit | edit source]
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Durham Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Dalton le Dale on GENUKI
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848), pp. 4-8. Adapted. Date accessed: 12 December 2013.
- ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes.
