Court of the Peculiar of the Bishop of Durham and the Dean and Chapter of Allerton and Allertonshire

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Indexes[edit | edit source]

Indexes for 54 peculiar courts, 1383-1883, are available online on British Origins. This is a subscription site.

A filmed calendar to wills and admons, 1666-1845, is available in the Family History Library.

Records[edit | edit source]

Archive Location[edit | edit source]

Records are housed in the Borthwick Institute in York.

Archive Records[edit | edit source]

Family History Library Records[edit | edit source]

The Family History Library has film copies of the following records. Films can be viewed in the library or in a family history center.

Jurisdiction[edit | edit source]

Allerton is a Durham peculiar situated entirely within the geographic boundaries of Yorkshire. Its juridiction was Northallerton and the chapelries of Deighton, Brompton and Worsall, with Kirkby Sigston and West Rounton in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It was inhibited 6-8 months in 3 years at the visitation of the Archbishop of York. Before 1666, wills were proved in the Consistory Court of Durham.