Lanchester, Durham Genealogy

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

Parish History
LANCHESTER (All Saints), a parish, and the head of a union, chiefly in the W. division of Chester ward, N. division, but partly in the N. W. division, of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham; several places of worship for dissenters. At Brooms is a Roman Catholic chapel. The poor-law union of Lanchester comprises 18 chapelries or townships,

Additional information: All Saints Lanchester is an ancient parish and was very extensive including four chapelries and 15 towns. The church is Norman in origin but had sixteenth century additions. The parish included Billingside,Burnhope, Hamsteds, Billingside, Burnhope, Conside with Knitsley, Cornsay,East Butsfield, West Butsfield and Steely,Greencroft,Healey Field,Holmside, Ivestone,Kyo,Lanchester, Langley.

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.

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/164 1764-1865 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at FamilySearch Historical Records. The transcripts contain within them references to Esh, Durham and Satley, Durham for 1803. There are elsewhere separate transcripts for both chapelries. Refer to these parishes for details.

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 1560-1894 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/La).

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

Non Conformist Churches

 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Primitive Methodist
 * Roman Catholic
 * Society of Friends/Quaker
 * Wesleyan Methodist

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Lanchester on GENUKI