Humshaugh, Northumberland Genealogy

England Northumberland  Northumberland Parishes

= Parish History =

HUMSHAUGH, a chapelry, in the parish of Simonburn, union of Hexham, N. W. division of Tindale ward, S. division of Northumberland, 5 miles (N. by W.) from Hexham; The chapel (a neat cruciform structure) and the parsonage-house were erected, and a cemetery formed, in 1818. St Peter Humshaugh was created in 1832 from a chapelry in the ancient parish of Simonburn.

= Resources: =

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections Reference number: DDR/EA/PBT/2/144 Date: 1819-1846 Related material at DULASC: Humshaugh transcript 1818 is included with Simonburn transcripts DDR/EA/PBT/2/231 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at Record Search.

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. Humshaugh, St Peter: Records of baptisms 1818-1901, marriages 1862-1979 and burials 1819-1917 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1818-1846 are deposited at Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham City. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) does not include this parish. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Humshaugh (microfiche TN73) is published by Northumberland and Durham Family History Society and these records are also available in book form at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Department.