St Oswald in Lee, Northumberland Genealogy

Guide to St Oswald in Lee, Northumberland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
LEE, ST. JOHN, a parish, in the union of Hexham, S. division of Tindale ward and of Northumberland, 1½ mile (N. N. E.) from Hexham; There are chapels of ease at Bingfield and Wall.

St Oswald in Lee was created in 1733 from the parish of St John Lee, Northumberland otherwise known as St John of Beverly an Ancient parish. The various parishes associated are listed below:

St Oswald in Lee, St Oswald: 1733-1879, 1888 (1888)


 * Created from parts of St John Lee, St John of Beverley
 * All to St Oswald in Lee with Bingfield St Mary 1879
 * Reformed from parts of St Oswald in Lee with Bingfield St Mary 1888
 * Daughter parishes/churches: [Wall, St George] 1897;
 * Sometimes called "Heavenfield, St Oswald in Lee or "Wall, St Oswald in Lee"

Parish Registers
 parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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
St Oswald in Lee parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Nonconformist Records

 * Beaufront and Woodhead (Roman Catholic): Records of baptisms 1774-1796, marriages 1784-1795, deaths 1779-1796 are available at Northumberland Collections Service.
 * Woodhead (Roman Catholic): Records of baptisms 1774-1796, marriages 1789-1795 and deaths 1776-1796 are available at Northumberland Collections Service.

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

Poor Law Unions
Hexham Poor Law Union, Northumberland

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Northumberland 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
 * Vision of Britain