South Shields St Hilda, Durham Genealogy

Guide to South Shields St Hilda, Durham family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
SHIELDS, SOUTH, a sea-port, a chapel of ease, a borough, and township, and the head of a union, in the parish of Jarrow (which also see), E division of Chester ward, N division of Durham, 20 miles NNE from Durham, and 278 NNW from London. The ancient chapel of St. Hilda was rebuilt in 1810. Another dedicated to the Holy Trinity was erected; and an additional church has been erected, dedicated to St. Stephen. There are three places of worship belonging to the Wesleyans; two each to the Baptists, Presbyterians, and Methodists of the New Connexion; and one each to the Independents, Primitive Methodists, and members of the United Secession Church.

Additional information: South Shields St Hilda was an ancient chapelry created from the ancient parish of Jarrow (St Paul) by the year 1653. St Hilda's became a parish in 1845 and parts of the parish formed other parishes: South Shields Holy Trinity (1848); South Shields St. Stephen (1848); Harton St. Peter (1864); Westoe St. Thomas (1864); South Shields St. Aidan (1885); South Westoe St. Michael and All Angels (1878).

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
South Shields St Hilda parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
 * Baptist
 * Church of Scotland/Scottish Presbyterian
 * Independent/Congregational
 * Presbyterian
 * Roman Catholic
 * Society of Friends (Quaker)
 * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * United Presbyterian Church of Scotland
 * Wesleyan Methodist

Poor Law Unions

 * South Shields Poor Law Union, Durham

Probate Records
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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
South Shields St Hilda on Genuki