Brinkburn Chapelry, Northumberland Genealogy

= Parish History =

BRINKBURN was a parochial chapelry including Brinkburn High Ward, Brinkburn Low Ward, and Brinkburn South Side.es. Brinkburn was formed from the parochial chapelry of Long Framlington.

= Parish Records =

Prior to 1841 it is advisable to search the Long Framlington Northumberland registers and parish register transcripts.

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections Reference number: DDR/EA/PBT/2/168 Date: March 1765-1841 Contents: Including transcripts from Brinkburn, March 1765-1835 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at Record Search. The Long Framlington Transcripts are awaiting loading on 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.

Brinkburn Priory, St Peter and St Paul: Records of baptisms 1865-1976, marriages 1867-1941 and burials 1874-1960 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. Brinkburn Parish is not included on the IGI or in Boyd's Marriage Index. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Brinkburn (microfiche TN78) 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.