Shadforth, Durham Genealogy

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

Parish History
SHADFORTH, a chapelry, in the parish of Pittington, S division of Easington ward, union, and N division of the county, of Durham, 4½ miles E by S from Durham. There are places of worship for Independents, Primitive Methodists, and Wesleyans.

Additional information: The parish of St Cuthbert's Shadforth was created in 1841 from the ancient parish of Pittington, Durham. Other places in the parish include: Sherburn.

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
Shadforth 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

 * Independent/Congregational
 * Primitive Methodists
 * Wesleyan Methodist

Poor Law Unions
Durham 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
Shadforth (see Pittington) on GENUKI