Corsenside, Northumberland Genealogy

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

Parish History
CORSENSIDE, a parish, in the union of Bellingham, N. E. division of Tindale ward, S. division of Northumberland, 17 miles (N. by W.) from Hexham; The parish contains the beautifulhamlet of West Woodburn, and that of East Woodburn.

Additional information:

Corsenside parish was created in 1728 from Alwinton with Holystone Ancient Parish and includes: Chesterhope, East Woodburn, Linhead, Lisleburn, and West Woodburn.

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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/61 1762-1877Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at FamilySearch Historical Records.

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. Corsenside, St Cuthbert: Records of baptisms 1715-1959, marriages 1738-1978 and burials 1726-1993 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1713-1875 and marriages 1719-1876 for this parish, but it is not included in Boyd's Marriage Index. Transcripts of baptisms, burials and marriages 1715-1843 are available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Corsenside (microfiche TN81) 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.

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

Non Conformist Records

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

Poor Law Unions
Bellingham 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