Darlington St Cuthbert, Durham Genealogy

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

Parish History
DARLINGTON (St. Cuthbert), a market-town and 'parish, and the head of a union, in the S. E. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 18½ miles (S.) from Durham, and 236½ (N. N. W.) from London; There are places of worship for Particular Baptists; the Society of Friends; Independents; Primitive, Association, and Wesleyan Methodists; and Roman Catholics. '

Additional information: St Cuthbert's parish as an ancient parish including the following places Archdeacon Newton, Blackwell, Bondgate,Brankin Moor, Cockerton, Prebend and Preistgate, Darlington Borough,Oxney and Oxneyfield.

Parish Records
Darlington St Cuthbert 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

 * Baptist
 * Independent/Congregational
 * Wesleyan Methodist
 * Wesleyan Methodist Association

The following non-Church of England denominations were located somewhere in Darlington, but the exact parish has not been identified: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


 * Presbyterian
 * Primitive Methodist
 * Roman Catholic
 * Society of Friends/Quaker

Poor Law Unions
Darlington 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.&lt;br&gt; fckLRfckLR*England Jurisdictions 1851 fckLR*Vision of Britain

Websites
Darlington on GENUKI