Whitley (near Hexham), Northumberland Genealogy

= Parish History =

Whitley Chapel St Helen was created from a chapelry within Hexham Ancient Parish in 1763. It can be confused with Whitley near North Shields.

= Parish Records =

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections Whitley Chapel (Northumberland) Reference number: DDR/EA/PBT/2/269 Date: 1843-1888 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at ''Record Search. Record Search ''has not yet loaded the images of the transcripts.

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.

Whitley Chapel, St Helen: Records of baptisms 1764-1995, marriages 1765-1989 and burials 1764-1994 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1843-1888 are deposited at Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham City. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1765-1842 and marriages 1765-1781 for this parish, but it is not included in Boyd's Marriage Index. Transcripts of baptisms 1764-1851, marriages 1765-1781, 1844-1851 and burials 1764-1851 are available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Whitley Chapel (microfiche TN75) is published by Northumberland and Durham Family History Society and these records are also available in book form at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Department.