South Shields St Stephen, Durham Genealogy

= Parish History =

The parish was created in 1848 from the earlier parish of St Hilda South Shields.

= Parish History =

South Shields St Stephen was created a parish in 1846-8 from South Shields St Hilda.

Parts of this parish became part of these parishes: South Shields St. Aidan (1885)

= Parish Registers =

The Parish Registers for the period 1846-1961 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/SS.SS).

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections Date: October 1846-1848 Related material at DULASC: All South Shields St Stephen transcripts are included with South Shields St Hilda transcripts DDR/EA/PBT/2/227 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at Record Search. Record Search will need to re-engineer all South Shields transcripts in future.

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 1846-1985 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/SS.SS).