Beltingham, Northumberland Genealogy

= Parish History =

St Cuthbert Beltingham was created as a chapelry within Haltwhistle parish in 1830. The following indicates a much older chapelry:

Perpendicular, oldest parts fifteenth century, masons marks in windows. Stained glass in memory of Lowes family and Douglas Smiths and in thanksgiving for safety of members of the Bowes-Lyon family in 1904 accident. Tablet in memory of Rev. Anthony Hedley of Vindolanda fame (died 1856). Bishop Nicholas Ridley possibly baptised in the church. Organ, one-manual Harrison. [The Newcastle Diocesan Gazetteer (1982), page 46.]

= Parish Records =

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/22 year 1812 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at Record Search. The images have not yet been loaded 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.

Beltingham, St Cuthbert: Records of baptisms 1891-1956, marriages 1891-1978 and burials 1881-1941 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. Bishops' Transcripts for 1812 are deposited at Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham City.

A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Haltwhistle and Beltingham (microfiche TN73) 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.