Chester le Street, Durham Genealogy

= Parish History =

The Church of St Mary and St Cuthbert is an ancient parish. When in 883 the monks fled from Lindisfarne with the body of Cuthbert, they settled at Chester le Street. The present church occupies the site of the former original wooden church which remained until the time of the fourth Bishop of Durham Egelric (1042-1056) who replaced it with a stone church. The present church is believed to includes elements of the stonework from that time.

= Parish Records =

The Parish Registers for the period 1582-1988 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/52 1765-1837 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at 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. .