Cramlington, Northumberland Genealogy

Parish History
St Nicholas Cramlington was created in 1742 from chapelry in Newcastle upon Tyne St Nicolas, Northumberland Ancient Parish.

CRAMLINGTON, a parochial chapelry, in the union of Tynemouth, E. division of Castle ward, S. division of Northumberland, 5 miles (N. W.) from Earsdon; containing 2657 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 3357 acres, of which 2640 are arable, 600 pasture, and 110 woodland. The surface presents the appearance of a ridge, having a descent both to the north and south; the soil is strong, and for the most part wet, unless where drained, owing to a bed of blue clay, from 30 to 110 feet in depth, lying immediately beneath. The views are very extensive: to the south and west are seen the churches and buildings of Newcastle, and the valley of the Tyne; on the east the ports of SeatonSluice and Blyth, and the sea; and to the north the Simonside hills. The chapelry is intersected by the Newcastle and Bedlington road, and the great north road passes to the west, within one mile of the village, which is situated on a pleasant slope, and has gradually risen to its present improved state from the opening of the adjacent coal-mines. Excellent freestone, also, is in abundance. The living is a perpetual curacy, with a net income of £66, and in the gift of Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart.; the tithes have been commuted for £266. 13. payable to the Bishop of Carlisle, a similar sum to the Dean and Chapter, and £102 to Sir M. W. Ridley. The chapel is dedicated to St. Nicholas. There are places of worship for Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans. In the black shale, which usually forms the roof of each seam of coal in the mines, shells of the class unio are frequently met with; while palmæ, fernæ, and equisetæ are not uncommon: the water from the mines holds in solution carbonate of iron.

From: 'Coxlodge - Cranham', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 713-717. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50902 Date accessed: 08 March 2011.

Civil Registration
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.

Parish Records
Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/65 1762-1858 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at FamilySearch Historical Records.

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.

Cramlington, St Nicholas: Records of baptisms 1665-1987, marriages 1666-1997 and burials 1666-1946 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1665-1812 and marriages 1666-1812 for this parish and Boyd's Marriage Index includes marriages 1666-1812 and banns 1754-1812. Transcripts of baptisms 1665-1812 and marriages and burials 1666-1812 are available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Cramlington (microfiche TN72) is published by Northumberland and Durham Family History Society and these records are also available in book form at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Department.

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Tynemouth Poor Law Union,Northumberland

Probate records
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