Horton, Northumberland Genealogy
Guide to Horton, Northumberland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Horton, Northumberland | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Castle |
| County | Northumberland |
| Poor Law Union | Tynemouth |
| Registration District | Tynemouth |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1648 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1762 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Morpeth |
| Diocese | Durham |
| Province | York |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Northumberland Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
HORTON, a parochial chapelry, in the union of Tynemouth, E. division of Castle ward, S. division of Northumberland; containing, with the townships of Bebside, Cowpen, and East and West Hartford. The chapelry is bounded on the north by the Blyth river. The chapelry formed part of Woodhorn parish until 1768, when it was abscinded. The old chapel was taken down in 1827, and a new structure erected on its site.[1]
Additional information:
Horton St Mary The Virgin was created in 1734 from a parochial chapelry in Woodhorn, Northumberland Ancient Parish and included: Bebside, Cowpen, East Hartford, and West Hartford.
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]
Horton parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Horton Online Parish Records | ||||||
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FS PRs | 1538-1950 | 1538-1950 | 1538-1950 | |||
| FS Marr | 1692-1900 | |||||
| FS BTs | 1639-1919 | 1639-1919 | 1639-1919 | |||
| FS Misc | 969-2007 | 969-2007 | 969-2007 | |||
| FS | 1538-1975 | 1538-1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
| FREG | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | |||
| FMP | 1538-1990 | 1538-1989 | 1538-2000 | |||
| TGEN | 1700s-1800s | 1700s-1800s | 1700s-1800s | |||
| JOIN | 1538-1837 | |||||
| BOYD | 1538-1850 | |||||
| NBI | 1574-1991 | |||||
| IGI | ||||||
| FS Catalog PRs | ||||||
| FS Catalog BTs | ||||||
To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
Records are also available at the Northumberland Archives.
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]
Tynemouth Poor Law Union,Northumberland
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Northumberland 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]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848). Date accessed: 07 August 2013.
- ↑ Searching Parish Records online (Northumberland) - The Following Parishes are Available at TheGenealogist, ParishRegister.co.uk, accessed 23 April 2019.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk
Add any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.
