Holy Island, Northumberland Genealogy

= Parish History =

Holy Island is a parish comprising Holy Island, Fenham and Goswick on the Northumberland coast. The church of St. Mary the Virgin is an ancient parish,

= Parish Records =

Records of baptisms 1578-1960, marriages 1578-1958 and burials 1578-1959 are available at Northumberland Collections Service.

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/139 1765-1868. The parish is historically recorded as North Durham until 1844 then as Northumberland. North Durham references in the Durham Bishop’s Transcripts collection 1700-1900

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.