Collierley, Durham Genealogy

England Durham  Durham Parishes

Parish History
COLLIERLY, a township, in theparish and union of Lanchester, W. division of Chester ward, N. division of the county of Durham, 10½ miles (S. W.) from Gateshead. There are places of worship for Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans.

Collierley St. Thomas was created in 1843 from Lanchester, Durham All Saints Other places in the parish include: Billingside, Dipton, Kyo, and Pontop.

Parts of this parish became part of these parishes: Annfield Plain St. Aidan (1914); Beamish St. Andrew (1873); Burnopfield St. James (1871); Dipton St. John the Evangelist (1883); Greencroft Mission (After 1900)

From: 'Colkirk - Coltishall', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 663-668. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50890 Date accessed: 26 March 2011.

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
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

The Parish Registers for the period 1841-1993 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/Col).

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

Poor Law Unions
Lanchester 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain