Eggleston, Durham Genealogy

Guide to Eggleston, Durham family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
EGGLESTONE, a chapelry, in the parish of Middleton-in-Teesdale, union of Teesdale, S. W. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 6 miles (N. W. by N.) from Barnard-Castle; The chapelry is bounded on the south by the river Tees, over which is a handsome bridge. There is a place of worship for a congregation of Wesleyan Methodists.

Additional information: Holy Trinity Eggleston was formed as a parish in 1859 and was formerly a chapelry in Middleton in Teesdale, Durham parish until Holy Trinity was built in 1869.

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 1795-1920 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/Egn).

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections Reference number: DDR/EA/PBT/2/95 Date: 1795-1854 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at FamilySearch HistoricalRecords. The images for this parish have not yet been loaded and await engineering.

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.

Non Conformist Churches
Wesleyan Methodist

Poor Law Unions
Teesdale 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Eggleston on GENUKI