Esh, Durham Genealogy

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

Parish History
ESH, or ASH, a chapelry, in the parish and union of Lanchester, W division of Chester ward, N division of the county of Durham, 5 miles WNW from Durham. There is a Roman Catholic chapel in the village; and at a short distance to the east is the Roman Catholic College of Ushaw.

Additional information: Esh was created as a parish from the ancient parish of Lanchester, Durham and had an old chapelry on the site until the church of St Michael was built in 1770, rebuilding the chapelry and forming a parish. Ushaw, Ushaw Moor, Esh Village, Esh Winning and Langley Park are within the parish and subsequent parishes were created from within the 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.

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

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.


 * Durham University Library Archives and Special Collection Reference number: DDR/EA/PBT/2/103 Date: March 1795
 * Contents: Including transcripts from Satley, August 1796-August 1797, 1802, 1820 DDR/EA/PBT/2/219
 * Related material at DULASC:


 * Some Esh transcripts May 1763-1803 are included with Lanchester transcripts DDR/EA/PBT/2/164
 * Related materials (elsewhere): Transcripts for 1709-1710 are among the Durham Bishop's Transcripts: The Howe Manuscript Collection


 * Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at FamilySearch Historical Records. The transcripts May 1763-1867 should be considered along Lanchester transcripts which include Esh transcripts for May 1763-1807. Esh is also included Durham Bishop's Transcripts: The Howe Manuscript Collection


 * Transcripts for Satley County Durham for the years August 1796-August 1797, 1802, 1820 are also included (see also the Satley transcripts)


 * 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. The Parish Registers for the period 1567-1981 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/Esh).

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

Non Conformist Churches

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
 * Roman Catholic

Poor Law Unions

 * Lanchester 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
Esh on GENUKI