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Guide to Huntstanworth, Durham family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Hunstanworth, Durham | |
|---|---|
 Hunstanworth St James Co Durham | |
| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Chester |
| County | Durham |
| Poor Law Union | Weardale |
| Registration District | Weardale |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1776 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1765 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Chester le Street |
| Diocese | Durham |
| Province | York |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Durham Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
HUNSTANWORTH, a parish, in the union of Weardale, W division of Chester ward, N division of the county of Durham, 8 miles NNW from Stanhope. The church is a small neat structure, almost entirely built towards the close of the last century, on the site of a very ancient edifice.[1]
Additional information:
In common with its neighbours at Edmundbyers, Durham and Ebchester, Durham the parish began as a chapelry in 1747 within the ancient parish of Edmundbyers, Durham. St James chapel was replaced in 1862 by the present church.
Resources[edit | edit source]
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
| Hunstanworth 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 and images; coverage may vary
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
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]
Hunstanworth on GENUKI
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848), pp. 583-588. Date accessed: 29 March 2011.