Westoe, Durham Genealogy
Guide to Westoe, Durham family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Westoe, Durham | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Chester |
| County | Durham, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | South Shields |
| Registration District | South Shields |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1864 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: None | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Chester le Street |
| Diocese | Durham |
| Province | York |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Durham County Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
WESTOE, a township, in the parish of Jarrow, union of South Shields, E division of Chester ward, N division of the county of Durham. [1]
Additional information:
Westoe, or sometimes known as South Westoe St. Michael and All Angels was created in 1878.
The adjacent parishes of Harton St. Peter
South Shields Holy Trinity
South Shields St. Aidan
South Shields St. Hilda;
South Shields St. Mark
South Shields St. Oswin
Parts of this parish became part of these parishes: South Shields St. Oswin (1903)
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]
Westoe parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Westoe Online Parish Records | ||||||
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FS | 1538-1975 | 1538-1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
| FREG | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | |||
| FMP | 1538-1990 | 1538-1989 | 1538-2000 | |||
| TGEN | 1559-1800s | 1558-1800s | 1559-1800s | |||
| JOIN | 1538-1837 | |||||
| FS BTs | 1639-1919 | 1639-1919 | 1639-1919 | |||
| FS Marr Img | 1594-1815 | |||||
| FS Marr | 1692-1900 | |||||
| BOYD | 1538-1850 | |||||
| NBI | 1559-1999 | |||||
| IGI | ||||||
| FS Catalog PRs | ||||||
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 Durham County Record Office.
Non Conformist Churches[edit | edit source]
- Baptist
- Church of Scotland/Scottish Presbyterian
- Independent/Congregational
- Methodist New Connexion
- Particular Baptist
- Presbyterian
- Primitive Methodist
- Roman Catholic
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- United Presbyterian Church of Scotland
- Wesleyan Methodist
- Wesleyan Methodist Association
- Wesleyan Methodist Reform
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. 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]
Westoe (see Jarrow) on GENUKI
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848). Adapted. Date accessed: 10 December 2013.
- ↑ Searching Parish Records online (Durham) - The Following Parishes are Available at TheGenealogist, ParishRegister.co.uk, accessed 23 April 2019.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk
