Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England Genealogy
Guide to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Parish History
MIDDLESBROUGH, a town and parish, on the river Tees, in the union, and within the limits of the port, of Stockton-upon-Tees, W. division of the liberty of Langbaurgh, N. riding of York; containing, with the township of Linthorpe, 5709 inhabitants, of whom 5463 are in the township of Middlesbrough, 4 miles (E. N. E.) from Stockton. The town was a small and inconsiderable hamlet, prior to the year 1829; but about that time it began to rise into notice from its selection for the construction of a commodious shipping place, accessible to vessels of large burthen, and from the projected extension from Stockton of the Stockton and Darlington railway, for the purpose of conveying directly to this, as a principal place of shipment, the produce of the collieries in the Weardale district of the county of Durham. Immediately on the completion of that undertaking in 1830, the population of the hamlet increased very considerably.
The parish is in the district of Cleveland, and bounded on the north by the Tees, which separates it from the county of Durham. It comprises also the township of Linthorp within its boundary. The church was erected in 1840, on the site of the ancient chapel of St. Hilda. There are places of worship for Independents, Primitive Methodists, and Wesleyans. Of the ancient cell to Whitby Abbey no remains exist, but the cemetery is still used. [1]
Resources
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Cemeteries
- 1869-1995 Burial and Grave Registers, 1869-1995, Linthorpe Cemetery (Linthorpe, Yorkshire)(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
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. Here are links to two important online sites providing indexes to births, marriages and deaths for Middlesborough:
Church Records
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
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
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| Middlesbrough Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-North Riding | ||||||
| FamilySearch Marriage Bonds and Allegations-North Riding | ||||||
| FamilySearch Marriage Bonds and Allegations (Allertonshire)-North Riding | ||||||
| Parish Registers - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-North Riding ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Banns-North Riding ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Marriage Licences-North Riding ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Church of England Marriage Bonds-North Riding ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Teesside, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials ($) | 1700s-1900s |
1800s-1900s |
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| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| 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 - North Riding ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - North Riding ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records
Census Records
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Poor Law Unions
Stockton Poor Law Union, Durham
Middlesbrough Poor Law Union, Yorkshire from 1876
Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Yorkshire 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.
Websites
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 17-20. Date accessed: 7 September 2015.