Greystead, Northumberland Genealogy

= Parish History =

GREYSTEAD St Luke includes Chirdon and Smalesmouth, which were separated from the ancient parish of Simonburn by act of parliament, in 1811, and consists principally of moors and mountains and high Forest.

The church, situated on the south side of the North Tyne on the main road to Falstone and Kielder, is a plain building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of nave, south porch and low embattled western tower, containing one bell: the church was restored and reseated in 1879, and has 150 sittings. The register dates from the year 1818. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £126, net yearly value £150, including 15 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital, and held since 1886 by the Rev. Francis William Ames, of Trinity College, Dublin. [Kelly's Durham and Northumberland Directory (1890), p.774.]

= Parish Records =

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections Reference number: DDR/EA/PBT/2/117 Date: 1818-1852 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. Greystead, St Luke: Records of marriages 1819-1976 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. Greystead is not included in the IGI or in Boyd's Marriage Index. A transcript of monumental inscriptions (microfiche TN84) 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.