St Oswald in Lee, Northumberland Genealogy

Guide to St Oswald in Lee, Northumberland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
LEE, ST. JOHN, a parish, in the union of Hexham, S. division of Tindale ward and of Northumberland, 1½ mile (N. N. E.) from Hexham; There are chapels of ease at Bingfield and Wall.

St Oswald in Lee was created in 1733 from the parish of St John Lee, Northumberland otherwise known as St John of Beverly an Ancient parish. The various parishes associated are listed below:

St Oswald in Lee, St Oswald: 1733-1879, 1888 (1888)


 * Created from parts of St John Lee, St John of Beverley
 * All to St Oswald in Lee with Bingfield St Mary 1879
 * Reformed from parts of St Oswald in Lee with Bingfield St Mary 1888
 * Daughter parishes/churches: [Wall, St George] 1897;
 * Sometimes called "Heavenfield, St Oswald in Lee or "Wall, St Oswald in Lee"

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Civil Registration
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Church Records
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Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Northumberland ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Northumberland ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * Beaufront and Woodhead (Roman Catholic): Records of baptisms 1774-1796, marriages 1784-1795, deaths 1779-1796 are available at Northumberland Collections Service.
 * Woodhead (Roman Catholic): Records of baptisms 1774-1796, marriages 1789-1795 and deaths 1776-1796 are available at Northumberland Collections Service.

FamilySearch Historical Records includes England, Durham Diocese, Marriage Bonds and Allegations (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Poor Law Unions
Hexham Poor Law Union, Northumberland

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Northumberland Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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