Darlington St Cuthbert, Durham Genealogy

England Durham  Durham Parishes

Parish History
DARLINGTON (St. Cuthbert), a market-town andparish, 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.

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.

From: 'Darlaston - Datchet', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 8-15. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50914 Date accessed: 20 March 2011.

Parish Records
The Parish Registers for the period 1590-1981 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/Da.SC).

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/73 August 1762- January 1893 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at FamilySearch Historical Records. In addition the Burial Ground registers for the Darlington Friends ar located at DDR/EA/PBT/2/71 from 1865-1897 the transcript of burials in St Cuthbert's Darlington. Engineering work will in future improve acess to the parishes at present under "Darlington" in the transcript collection at FamilySearch Historical Records

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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.

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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.

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