Kirknewton, Northumberland Genealogy

Guide to Kirknewton, Northumberland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
NEWTON, KIRK (St. Gregory), a parish, in the union of Glendale, W. division of Glendale ward, N. division of the county of Northumberland, 5¼ miles (W. by N.) from Wooler; The church, a neat structure with a campanile tower, was repewed in 1810.

Additional information:

Kirknewton St Gregory the Great is an Ancient parish and includes: Akeld, Paston, West Paston, Selby's Forest, Thornington, West Newton, Yeavering, Canna Mill, Coldsmouth and Thompson's Walls, Coupland, Crookhouse, Grey's Forest, Heathpool, Howtell, Kilham, Lanton, and Milfield.

A place of Christian worship has stood on this site since the eleventh century, possibly earlier. The parish church of Kirknewton was built in the 13th century, the chancel and south transept both date from the latter part of the fifteenth century, probably built with stones from the ruined Norman church. The church in its present form is the result of a restoration by John Dobson of Newcastle, completed in 1860.

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.

Church Records
 parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections Reference number: DDR/EA/PBT/2/159 Date: 1762-1837 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.Kirknewton, St Gregory the Great: Records of baptisms 1684-1959, marriages 1670-1992 and burials 1710-1960 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1659-1875 and marriages 1678-1885 (with gaps) for this parish, but it is not included in Boyd's Marriage Index. Transcripts of baptisms, burials and marriages 1762-1788 [from Bishops' Transcripts] for Kirknewton are available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept. Transcripts of baptisms, burials and marriages 1762-1788 and of monumental inscriptions to 1850 are published in microfiche form by Northumberland and Durham Family History Society (microfiche PR202).

Non Conformist Records

 * 1613-1920 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Poor Law Unions
Glendale Poor Law Union, Northumberland

Probate Records
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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain