Wolsingham, Durham Genealogy

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

Parish History
WOLSINGHAM (St. Matthew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Weardale, NW division of Darlington ward, S division of the county of Durham, 10 miles WNW from Bishop Auckland, 16 WSW from Durham, and 259 NNW from London. There are places of worship for Baptists, Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans.

Additional information: Wolsingham is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Durham.

Other places in the parish include: Bradley, East Quarter, Knitsley Fell, Park Quarter, South Quarter, Tow Law, Town Quarter, Wolsingham North Moor and Wolsingham Park Moor.

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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
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Durham ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Durham ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Poor Law Unions

 * Weardale 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
Wolsingham on GENUKI