In 1854, the only Roman Catholic Church in the city of Durham was St. Cuthbert’s, at the head of Old Elvet. In September 1854, the priests were directed to produce a census of all Catholics living in the parish. Their … Continue reading
In the 1850s, the only Roman Catholic church in the city of Durham was St. Cuthbert’s, at the head of Old Elvet. With the surge of Irish navvies arriving around 1857 to work on the railway viaduct, the Catholic population … Continue reading
At the Chapel of the Secular Clergy in the city of Durham: 613 baptisms spanning 1739-1827 65 marriages spanning 1739-1769 41 deaths spanning 1811-1827 At St. Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic church, which replaced the above chapel in 1827: 320 baptisms from … Continue reading
At the Jesuit Chapel in the city of Durham: 174 baptisms spanning 1768-1827 292 names on lists of members of the Sodality de Bona Morte [or Bona Mors] and the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, spanning 1702-1762 38 deaths … Continue reading
Durham Records Online is pleased to announce the Early Durham Surnames statistical database, which is being compiled as part of an ongoing research and study project. (It has actually been present for almost a year, but we had not announced … Continue reading
438 marriages at these churches in the city of Durham, from 1 July 1837 to the end of 1841: 239 marriages at Durham St. Giles 96 marriages at Durham St. Margaret 11 marriages at Durham St. Mary-le-Bow 13 marriages at … Continue reading
At Durham Cathedral (Church of Christ & Blessed Mary the Virgin) in the city of Durham: 319 baptisms covering 1609-1812 and 1851-1895 (we already had 1813-1850) 881 burials covering 1612-1812 and 1851-1896 (we already had 1813-1850) 932 marriages covering 1611-1896 … Continue reading
We have filled the gaps at St. Margaret’s in the city of Durham with: 2,853 baptisms spanning 1701-1764 and 30 births of dissenters spanning 1701-1719 3,213 burials spanning 1701 to 1764 (including 33 flagged as dissenters) 832 marriages spanning 1701 … Continue reading
796 baptisms at St. Oswald’s in the city of Durham, from the beginning of the first register in 1538 to March 1580. We now have a continuous run of all of the baptisms at this church for over 300 years, … Continue reading
1,323 baptisms at St. Oswald’s in the city of Durham, from April 1580 to the end of 1629. There are no baptisms recorded from the end of the first register in March 1593 to the beginning of the next register … Continue reading