Warkworth, Northumberland Genealogy

= Parish History =

The parish church of St. Lawrence, situated at one end of the village with its dominating spire of nearly 100 feet in height, is the present church. There has been a church on this site for around 1,200 years. The first record dates from 737AD when King Ceolwulf of Northumbria gave the church and village to the Abbot and monks of Lindisfarne. The Norman church was built as a place of worship and a place of refuge in dangerous times; the nave is thought to be the longest Norman nave in the county.

= Parish Registers =

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/262 1760-1844 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.

Warkworth, St Laurence: Records of baptisms 1690-1972, marriages 1687-1974 and burials 1676-1927 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1677-1812 and marriages 1685-1812 for this parish, and Boyd's Marriage Index includes marriages 1677-1812. Transcripts of baptisms 1690-1812, marriages 1686-1812, burials 1677-1812 and baptisms of nonconformists 1723-1824 are available in the Local Studies Departments of Newcastle Central Library and Gateshead Central Library. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Warkworth Church &amp; churchyard (microfiche TN95) 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.