Whitburn, Durham Genealogy
Guide to Whitburn, Durham family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Whitburn, Durham | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Chester |
| County | Durham |
| Poor Law Union | South Shields |
| Registration District | South Shields |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1579 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1762 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Chester le Street |
| Diocese | Durham |
| Province | York |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Durham Record Office | |
Contents
Parish HistoryEdit
WHITBURN, a parish, in the union of South Shields, E division of Chester ward, N division of the county of Durham, 3½ miles N from Sunderland. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. [1]
Additional information: Whitburn is an ancient parish and the church dates from the early part of the thirteenth century. A Chapel of Ease was built at Cleadon within the parish in 1869.
ResourcesEdit
Civil RegistrationEdit
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 recordsEdit
Whitburn parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| PALL = Pallot's Marriage Index (Ancestry) - (£)[2] |
| WHITBURN PARISH Online Records | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| PALL | 1790-1812 | |||||
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.
The Parish Registers for the period 1579-1936 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/Whit).
FamilySearch Historical Records includes England, Durham Diocese, Marriage Bonds and Allegations (FamilySearch Historical Records)
Non Conformist ChurchesEdit
- Independent/Congregational
- Primitive Methodist
- Wesleyan Methodist
Census recordsEdit
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Poor Law UnionsEdit
Probate recordsEdit
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 GazetteersEdit
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
WebsitesEdit
Whitburn on GENUKI
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England,(1848). Adapted. Date accessed: 10 December 2013.
- ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
