Esh, Durham Genealogy

England Durham

Parish History
Esh was created as a parish from the ancient parish of Lanchester and had an old chapelry on the site until the church of St Michael was built in 1770, rebuilding the chapelry and forming a parish. Ushaw, Ushaw Moor,Esh Village,Esh Winning and Langley Park are within the parish and subsequent parishes were created from within the parish.

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 neighboring 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. Durham University Library Archives and Special Collection Reference number: DDR/EA/PBT/2/103 Date: March 1795 Contents: Including transcripts from Satley, August 1796-August 1797, 1802, 1820 DDR/EA/PBT/2/219 Related material at DULASC: Some Esh transcripts May 1763-1803 are included with Lanchester transcripts DDR/EA/PBT/2/164 Related materials (elsewhere): Transcripts for 1709-1710 are among the Durham_Bishop's_Transcripts:_The_Howe_Manuscript_Collection Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at Record Search. The transcripts May 1763-1867 should be considered along Lanchester transcripts which include Esh transcripts for May 1763-1807. Esh is also included Durham Bishop's Transcripts: The Howe Manuscript Collection

Transcripts for Satley County Durham for the years August 1796- August 1797,1802,1820 are also included (see also the Satley transcripts)

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. The Parish Registers for the period 1567-1981 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/Esh).

Census records
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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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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