Benwell St James, Northumberland Genealogy

England Northumberland

Parish History
Benwell St James Northumberland, created in 1843 from chapelry in Newcastle upon Tyne [St Nicholas] Ancient Parish.

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
Church of England parish registers begin in 1843. Church of England Bishops' transcripts exist from 1838.Parish Records

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/24 1838-1875 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at FamilySearch Historical Records; however images for this parish have not yet been loaded and await future engineering.

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.

Benwell, St James: Records of baptisms 1832-1981, marriages 1844-1989 and burials 1833-1966 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. Baptisms 1832-1958, marriages 1844-1958 and burials 1833-1966 can also be seen at Tyne and Wear Archives Service. For earlier records see Newcastle, St John

FamilySearch Historical Records includes England Durham Marriage Bonds and Allegations (FamilySearch Collection)

Census records
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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

Web sites
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