Darlington St Cuthbert, Durham Genealogy
Guide to Darlington St Cuthbert, Durham family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Darlington St Cuthbert, Durham | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Darlington |
| County | Durham |
| Poor Law Union | Darlington |
| Registration District | Darlington |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1590 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1762 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Darlington |
| 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]
DARLINGTON (St. Cuthbert), a market-town and parish and the head of a union, in the SE division of Darlington ward, S division of the county of Durham, 18½ miles S from Durham, and 236½ NNW from London. There are places of worship for Particular Baptists; the Society of Friends; Independents; Primitive, Association, and Wesleyan Methodists; and Roman Catholics.[1]
Additional information: St Cuthbert's parish as an ancient parish including the following places Archdeacon Newton, Blackwell, Bondgate, Brankin Moor, Cockerton, Prebend and Priestgate, Darlington Borough, Oxney and Oxneyfield.[2]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Church records[edit | edit source]
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Darlington St Cuthbert Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Durham | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Durham | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Find My Past-Durham ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England Select Births, Marriages, Death, and Burials ($) | ||||||
| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Durham ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Durham ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
- England, Northumberland, Cumberland, Durham, Miscellaneous Records (FamilySearch) - free
Non-Conformists (All other Religions)[edit | edit source]
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]
Darlington Poor Law Union, Durham
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]
Darlington on GENUKI
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A.A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 8-15. Adapted. Date accessed: 12 December 2013.
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., From: 'Darlaston - Datchet', A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848), pp. 8-15. Adapted. Date accessed: 12 December 2013.
