Heworth St Alban, Durham Genealogy

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

Parish History
HEWORTH, NETHER, a chapelry, in the parish of Jarrow, union of Gateshead, E division of Chester ward, N division of the county of Durham, 2¼ miles ESE from Gateshead; with Bill Quay, Upper Heworth, and Windy-Nook. This chapelry, is bounded on the north by the Tyne. There are places of worship for Independents, Wesleyans of the Old and New Connexion, and Primitive Methodists.

Additional information: Heworth St Alban was created from the parish of Heworth St Mary in 1843.

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
Heworth St Alban 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.

Poor Law Unions

 * Gateshead 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