Heddon on the Wall, Northumberland Genealogy

= Parish History =

Heddon on the Wall is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northumberland and includes: Eachwick,East Heddon, Houghton and Closehouse, West Heddon, and Whitchester.

= Parish Records =

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections Reference number: DDR/EA/PBT/2/132 Date: April 1727-March [1728], 1762-1848 Related materials (elsewhere): A 1727 transcript survives among the Durham Cathedral Muniments (ref DCD/D/AB/6). 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.

Heddon-On-The-Wall, St Andrew: Records of baptisms 1656-1959, marriages 1659-1978 and burials 1654-1968 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1727-1728, 1762-1848 are deposited at Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham City. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1664-1875 and marriages 1664-1856 for this parish, but it is not included in Boyd's Marriage Index. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Heddon (microfiche TN80) 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.

= Nonconformist Records =


 * Early Wesleyan Methodist chapels in this area belonged to Newcastle West W.M. Circuit. Records for 1788-1837 can be seen at Northumberland Collections Service, Tyne and Wear Archives Service and are included on the IGI (listed as Brunswick Place or Orphan House).