Parish Registers
also known as: family history, local history.
Parish registers can be an invaluable resource when researching your local or family history. Find out which parish registers are available free for members' use at Morpeth Library.
Parish registers are records
or births, marriages, deaths and sometimes banns by church
parish.
The main collection of
Parish
registers are kept by the Northumberland Collections
Service.
They
can be accessed through their facilities at Woodhorn Museum,
Archive & County Park.
Morpeth Library has a smaller collection
of parish register transcripts (copies) for the following
areas:
| Beadnell |
Baptisms 1766-1812, Marriages 1767-1781, Burials 1766 –
1812(BMB) |
| Berwick Upon Tweed |
Baptisms 1572 – 1700, Burials 1574 – 1700 |
| Chatton |
BMB 1712-1812 |
| Eglingham |
Baptisms and Burials 1622 – 1812, Marriages 1663
-1812 |
| Elsdon |
BMB 1672 – 1812 |
| Hebburn |
BMB 1680 – 1812 |
| Ilderton |
Baptism 1724 – 1812, Marriage and Burials 1727 – 1812,
Banns 1754 – 1812 |
| Ingram |
BMB 1696 – 1812 |
| Ingram and Edlingham |
BMB 1696 – 1812 |
| Kirkharle |
BMB 1697 – 1875 plus transcriptions of loose pages 1699 – 1725
Baptisms, 1716 Burials and marriages 1696 – 1715 Some marriage bann
info. |
| Kirkheaton Chapelry |
Baptisms 1814 – 1925 Marriages 1867 – 1927 Burials 1816 –
1825 |
| Kirknewton |
Bishops transcripts 1762 -1788 |
| Lesbury |
BMB 1690- 1812 |
| Longhougton |
BMB 1646 – 1812 and Banns 1754 -1805 |
| Lucker Chapelry |
Baptism 1769 – 1875 Marriages 1769 -1781, Banns 1777 -1779
burials 1769 -1875 |
| Newcastle St Nicholas Cathedral |
Marriages 1575 - 1812 |
| Tynemouth |
BMB 1607 -1703 and 1703 -1734 |
| Warkworth |
BMB 1677 – 1812 |
| Whalton |
BMB 1661 – 1812 |
