Shincliffe, Durham Genealogy

= Parish History =

Shincliffe St Mary is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Durham, created in 1827 from Durham St Oswald Ancient Parish.

Shincliffe was an outlying part of the large Durham parish of St. Oswald's. A rectory was built in the village in 1800, and a Chapel of Ease in 1826. Shincliffe became a parish in its own right in 1831, however the Parish Church, St. Mary's, was not built until 1851. John Wesley preached in Shincliffe in 1780. A (Wesleyan) Methodist Chapel opened in Shincliffe in 1874.

= Parish Records =

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/229 dates 1826-1879 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at Record Search. Engineering work will be undertaken in future to improve access to the Parish Register transcripts. The transcripts can be viewed at present under Rennington Northumberland and will be reloaded in the correct county.

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 1826-1991 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/Shi).