Hunwick, Durham Genealogy

England Durham

Parish History
Hunwick St Paul was created in 1845 from Auckland St Andrew, Durham Ancient Parish and Escomb, Durham  Parish and includes Newton Cap and Helmington.

HUNWICK, with Helmington, a township, in the parish of St. Andrew Auckland, union of Auckland, N. W. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 3½ miles (N. W. by N.) from BishopAuckland; containing 338 inhabitants. It is situated on the bank of the Wear, and comprises about 1560 acres of land. A district chapel dedicated to St. Paul has been erected; the district consists of this township and part of that of Newton-Cap, and is bounded on the east and south by the river Wear. A fine mineral spring, much resorted to in cases of indigestion, became dry in 1842, owing to the sinking of a coal-pit.

From: 'Huntingfield - Hurleston', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 588-591. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51055 Date accessed: 25 March 2011.

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.

The following records for churches in the ancient parish of Auckland St. Andrew are also available at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL:-


 * Auckland, St. Luke 1882-1966 (EP/Au.SA).
 * Auckland, St. Peter 1875-1931 (EP/Au.SP).
 * Byers Green 1845-1968 (EP/BG).
 * Binchester 1877-1959 (EP/BG &amp; EP/Bin).
 * Newfield 1900-1956 (EP/BG).
 * Coundon, St. James 1842-1971 (EP/Cou).
 * Windlestone 1908-1929 (EP/Cou).
 * Eldon, St. Mark 1877-1982 (EP/El).
 * Auckland, St. Philip 1881-1952 (EP/Au.SA &amp; EP/Au.SPh).
 * Hunwick, St. Paul 1846-1922 (EP/Hu).
 * New Shildon 1868-1953 (EP/NSh).
 * Newton Cap 1904-1970 (EP/NC).

Poor Law Unions
Auckland 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

Web sites
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