Medomsley, Durham Genealogy

England Durham  Durham Parishes

Parish History
MEDOMSLEY, achapelry, in theparish and union of Lanchester, W. division of Chester ward, N. division of the county of Durham, 2¼ miles (N. E.) from Shotley-Bridge, and 11 (S. W. by W.) from Gateshead.

Medomsley a former chapelry in the parish of Lanchester ancient parish has an twelfth century church dedicated to St.Mary Magdalene. The church was restored in 1877-78. Conside and Knitsley are within the parish.

From: 'Mayland - Melbourn', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 280-283. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51141 Date accessed: 26 March 2011.

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 neighbouring 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.

The Parish Registers for the period 1608-1987 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/Me).

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/176 1766-1846 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at Family Search Historical Records.The Medomsley transcripts contain Ebchester transcripts for 1776-1777, 1781-1782, 1783-1785, 1786-1788. It is necessary to examine the Ebchester Ebchester, Durham transcripts for 1778-1779 DDR/EA/PBT/2/90 elsewhere in the collection.

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.

FamilySearch Historical Records includes England, Durham Diocese, Marriage Bonds and Allegations (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Poor Law Unions
Lanchester 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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