Newburn, Northumberland Genealogy

Guide to Newburn, Northumberland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
NEWBURN (St. Michael), a parish, in the union, and chiefly in the W. division, of Castle ward, but partly in the E. division of Tindale ward, S. division of Northumberland; The parish consists of the townships of Butterlaw, Black Callerton, Dalton, East and West Denton, North and South Dissington, Newbiggin, Newburn, Newburn-Hall, Sugley, Throckley, Wallbottle, East and West Whorlton, and part of High Callerton.

Additional information:

Newburn St Michael and All Angels is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northumberland. Sugley, Northumberland is a chapelry of Newburn.

Other places in the parish include: Black Callerton, Butterlaw, Dalton, East and West Whorlton, East Denton, High Callerton, Newbiggin, Newbiggin near Newcastle, Newburn Hall, North Dissington, Scotswood, South Dissington, Throckley, Walbottle, Wallbottle, West Denton, Whorlton, and Woolsington.

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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
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Chapelry is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.

Online Parish Records Table

Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Northumberland ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Northumberland ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformist Churches (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * 1613-1920 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Northumberland Collections Service also has records for the following nonconformist churches in Newburn Parish:


 * Bells Close (Wesleyan Methodist) - Baptisms 1839-1968 and marriages (m 1926-1973).
 * Bells Close, St George (Roman Catholic) - Baptisms 1869-1925, marriages 1872-1934 and deaths 1884-1885, 1918-1930.
 * Lemington P.M. Circuit (Methodist) - Baptisms 1885-1960.
 * Lemington, Union Hall Road (Methodist) - Baptisms 1918-1971.
 * Newburn, Davison Street (Wesleyan Methodist) - Baptisms 1865-1965 and marriages 1908-1964.
 * North Walbottle (Methodist) - Baptisms 1903-1965.
 * Throckley, Hexham Road (Methodist) - Baptisms 1867-1953 and marriages 1922-1990.
 * Throckley, Newburn Road (Methodist) - Baptisms 1919-1969.
 * Early Primitive Methodist chapels in this area belonged to Newcastle P.M. Circuit. Records for 1824-1837 can be seen at Northumberland Collections Service and Tyne and Wear Archives Service and are included on the IGI (listed as Silver Street). Early Wesleyan Methodist chapels in this area belonged to Newcastle West W.M. Circuit. Records for 1788-1837 can be seen at Northumberland Record Office, Tyne and Wear Archives Service and are included on the IGI (listed as Brunswick Place or Orphan House).

FamilySearch Historical Records includes England, Durham Diocese, Marriage Bonds and Allegations (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Poor Law Unions
Castle Ward Poor Law Union, Northumberland

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Northumberland 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain