Castle Eden, Durham Genealogy

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

Parish History
EDEN, CASTLE (St. James), or sometimes known as Castle Eden, a parish, in the union of Easington, S division of Easington ward, N division of the county of Durham. A church has been built in the western portion of the parish, which is noticed under the head of Wingate-Grange (Wingate) which was constructed by 1841 (which also see).

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
 * See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.

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

Poor Law Unions

 * Easington 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
Castle Eden on GENUKI