Thornley, Durham Genealogy

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

Parish History
THORNLEY, a township, and chapelry in the parish of Kelloe, union of Easington, S division of Easington ward, N division of the county of Durham, 6½ miles SE by E from Durham. A district church called Thornley St Bartholomew was was erected by 1844. There are places of worship for Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans.

Additional information: It includes Tow Law. Thornley with Wheatley, a township, in the parish of Chipping, union of Clitheroe, Lower division of the hundred of Blackburn, N division of Lancashire, 9½ miles NE by N from Preston, on the road to Clitheroe. The Roman Catholics have a place of worship.

Additional information: FamilySearch Historical Records includes England, Durham Diocese, Marriage Bonds and Allegations - FamilySearch Historical Records

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
Thornley 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

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
 * Primitive Methodist
 * Roman Catholic
 * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Wesleyan Methodist

Poor Law Unions

 * Easington 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
Thornley (See Kelloe) on GENUKI