Haverton Hill, Durham Genealogy

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

Parish History
HAVERTON HILL, a chapelry in Billingham parish, Durham (which also see); on the River Tees, and the Clarence railway, 2 miles NW of Middlesbrough. It was constituted in 1862 and the chapel built by 1866; and its post town is Billingham, under Stockton-upon-Tees.

Civil Registration
Billingham (with Haverton Hill) stood within the Stockton Registration District.

Church Records
Haverton Hill parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.


 * Records are also available at the Durham County Record Office.

Non Conformist Churches

 * Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/128 1866-1872
 * Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at 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.


 * The Parish Registers for the period 1866-1966 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL EP/Hav).

Poor Law Unions

 * Stockton 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