Haydon, Northumberland Genealogy

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

Parish History
HAYDON, a chapelry, in the parish of Warden, union of Hexham, N. W. division of Tindale ward, S. division of Northumberland, 7 miles (W.) from Hexham, 27 (W.) from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 30 (E.) from Carlisle. The village of Haydon-Bridge, situated on both sides of the South Tyne river, is in this chapelry. The present chapel, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, and forming a chapel of ease, was built in 1796, on a new site, near the north end of the bridge. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans. The chapel of Langley stood on the south side of the river, perhaps on the ground called Chapel Hill.

WARDEN (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Hexham, N. W. division of Tindale ward, S. division of Northumberland, 2½ miles (N. W. by N.) from Hexham with the townships of Brokenheugh, Deanraw, and Lipwood, and the parochial chapelries of Newbrough and Haydon. Simonburn Chapelry was created in 1867 and a chapel constructed within it, in 1868.

Additional information:

Warden St Michael and All Angels is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northumberland. Newbrough and Haydon Bridge are chapelries in Warden.

Other places in the parish include: Allerwash, Brokenheugh, Elrington, Four Stones, High Warden and Walwick Grange, Lipwood, Morralee, Nether Warden, Walwick, and Whinnetley.

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
Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections Reference number: DDR/EA/PBT/2/260 Date: 1769-1878 Contents: Including transcripts from Haydon Bridge, 1783-1843, and Newbrough, 1769-1878 DDR/EA/PBT/2/129 Parish 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.Warden, St Michael and All Angels: Records of baptisms, 1695-1979, marriages 1695-1996 and burials 1695-1992 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1695-1724 for this parish, and Boyd's Marriage Index includes marriages 1695-1723. Transcripts of baptisms 1695-1979, marriages 1695-1943 and burials 1695-1978 for Warden are available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Warden (microfiche TN75) 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)

Poor Law Unions
Hexham 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.

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