Cockfield, Durham Genealogy

= Parish History =

St Mary Cockfield is an ancient parish and includes the hamlet or village of Woodland. The stone church was built in the thirteenth century and restored in 1868.

= Parish Records =

The Parish Registers for the period 1578-1966 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/Coc).

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/56 1766-1867 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.