Blanchland, Northumberland Genealogy

= Parish History =

St Mary Blanchland was created in 1751 from chapelry in Shotley in Bywell St Andrew Ecclesiastical Parish.

= Parish Records =

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/36 Years 1770-February 1876 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at Record Search. The images for this parish remain to loaded on Record Search

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.

Blanchland, St Mary: Records of baptisms 1753-1995, marriages 1753-1977, 1980-1990 and burials 1753-1995 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1770-1876 are deposited at Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham City. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1753-1875 and marriages 1753-1877 for this parish, but it is not included in Boyd's Marriage Index. Transcripts of baptisms, burials and marriages 1753-1851 are available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Blanchland (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.