Alnwick St Paul, Northumberland Genealogy

= Parish History =

Created as a parish in 1846 from the ancient parish of Alnwick,_Northumberland.

St. Paul's church, erected by the Percy family, was consecrated in October, 1846: the living is in the gift of his Grace. There are places of worship for Independents, a United Secession Relief congregation, Presbyterians, Wesleyans, New Connexion of Methodists, and Unitarians; and a Roman Catholic chapel rebuilt in 1836. The poor law union of Alnwick comprises 62 parishes or places, and contains a population of 18,768.From: 'Allostock - Alnwick', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 39-44. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50752 Date accessed: 09 March 2011.

= Parish Records =

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/7 October 1846-1847 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at Record Search.

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.

Alnwick, St Paul: Records of baptisms and marriages 1846-1979 are available at Northumberland Collections Service.