Belmont, Durham Genealogy

England Durham  Durham Parishes



Parish History
BELMONT, a chapelry in the parish and county of Durham; on the Durham and Sunderland railway, 2 miles ENE of Durham. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

Belmont St Mary Magdalene was formed as a Parish in 1854 from the parish of Durham St Giles, Durham Other places in the parish include: Broomside, Carrville, and Gilesgate Moor. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Belmont like this:

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.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

The Parish Registers for the period 1858-1976 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/Bel)

Poor Law Unions
Durham 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