Hunwick, Durham Genealogy

Parish History

Hunwick St Paul was created in 1845 from Auckland St Andrew Ancient Parish and Escomb Parish and includes Newton Cap and Helmington.

Resources

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 neighboring 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.

The following records for churches in the ancient parish of Auckland St. Andrew are also available at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL:-

Auckland, St. Luke 1882-1966 (EP/Au.SA).
Auckland, St. Peter 1875-1931 (EP/Au.SP).
Byers Green 1845-1968 (EP/BG).
Binchester 1877-1959 (EP/BG & EP/Bin).
Newfield 1900-1956 (EP/BG).
Coundon, St. James 1842-1971 (EP/Cou).
Windlestone 1908-1929 (EP/Cou).
Eldon, St. Mark 1877-1982 (EP/El).
Auckland, St. Philip 1881-1952 (EP/Au.SA & EP/Au.SPh).
Hunwick, St. Paul 1846-1922 (EP/Hu).
New Shildon 1868-1953 (EP/NSh).
Newton Cap 1904-1970 (EP/NC).

Non Conformist Churches

Census records

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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.

Web sites

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