Hetton le Hole, Durham Genealogy

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

Parish History
HETTON-LE-HOLE, a township and chapelry, in the parish and union of Houghton-Le-Spring, N. division of Easington ward and of the county of Durham, 2 miles (S.) from Houghton-le-Spring. There are places of worship for Baptists, Kilhamites, Presbyterians, and Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists.

Additional information: The Parish of St Nicholas Hetton-le-Hole was created from a chapelry within the ancient parish of Houghton le Spring, Durham. The parish was created in 1838.

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
Hetton le Hole 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
The Family History Library has a book of Baptisms that cover the Methodist Circuit from 1864-1918 It is an alphabetical Index by surname.


 * Baptist
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Independent/Congregational
 * Methodist New Connexion
 * Primitive Methodist
 * Wesleyan Methodist

Poor Law Unions
Houghton le Spring 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
Hetton le Hole (see Houghton le Spring) on GENUKI