Eggleston, Durham Genealogy

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

Parish History
EGGLESTONE, a chapelry, in the parish of Middleton-in-Teesdale, union of Teesdale, S. W. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 6 miles (N. W. by N.) from Barnard-Castle; The chapelry is bounded on the south by the river Tees, over which is a handsome bridge. There is a place of worship for a congregation of Wesleyan Methodists.

Additional information: Holy Trinity Eggleston was formed as a parish in 1859 and was formerly a chapelry in Middleton in Teesdale, Durham parish until Holy Trinity was built in 1869.

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
Eggleston 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
Wesleyan Methodist

Poor Law Unions
Teesdale 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
Eggleston on GENUKI