Esh, Durham, England Genealogy
Guide to Esh, Durham family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Esh | |
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| Esh St Michael Co Durham | |
| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Durham |
| Hundred | Chester |
| Poor Law Union | Lanchester |
| Registration District | Durham |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1567 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1795 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Chester le Street |
| Diocese | Durham |
| Province | York |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Archive | |
| Durham Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
ESH, or ASH, a chapelry, in the parish and union of Lanchester, W division of Chester ward, N division of the county of Durham, 5 miles WNW from Durham. There is a Roman Catholic chapel in the village; and at a short distance to the east is the Roman Catholic College of Ushaw. [1]
Additional information:
Esh was created as a parish from the ancient parish of Lanchester, Durham and had an old chapelry on the site until the church of St Michael was built in 1770, rebuilding the chapelry and forming a parish. Ushaw, Ushaw Moor, Esh Village, Esh Winning and Langley Park are within the parish and subsequent parishes were created from within the parish.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- 1790-1998 Burial and Graves Registers, Langley, 1790-1998(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions, County Durham; Esh Churchyard (C of E), Esh Laude Churchyard (R.C.), Satley Churchyard(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Esh Laude, County Durham(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- The Church of St. Michael and All Angels (C. of E.), Esh, County Durham(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Esh Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Durham | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Durham ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England Select Births, Marriages, Death, and Burials ($) | ||||||
| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Durham ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Durham ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
- England, Northumberland, Cumberland, Durham, Miscellaneous Records (FamilySearch) - free
Nonconformist Records[edit | edit source]
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
- England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary
- Roman Catholic
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
Esh on GENUKI
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 181-186. Adapted. Date accessed: 11 December 2013.