Darlington, Durham Genealogy

Guide to Darlington, Durham family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
DARLINGTON (St. Cuthbert), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the SE division of Darlington ward, S division of the county of Durham, 18½ miles S from Durham, and 236½ NNW from London; comprising the townships of Archdeacon-Newton, Blackwell, Cockerton, and Darlington. A church district named St. John's was endowed in 1845. A district church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was erected in 1838. There are places of worship for Primitive, Association, and Wesleyan Methodists; Particular Baptists; the Society of Friends; Independents; and Roman Catholics.

Additional information: Darlington St Cuthbert is an ancient parish. The ancient parish of Darlington included Archdeacon Newton, Blackwell with Oxenhall or Oxen-le-Field, Cockerton, and Darlington. From within the ancient parish six additional parishes were formed in the town, at various periods since 1843, when Darlington Holy Trinity, Durhamwas formed, Darlington St John, Durham to the formation of St. Hilda's in 1889.

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
Darlington 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.

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
Darlington on GENUKI