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Durham County Record Office County Hall Durham DH1 5UL Telephone: 03000 267619 Email: [email protected] Website: www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk Handlist 1 - Non-Conformist Church Registers Issue no. 43 April 2021 Contents Introduction 1 Lists of Registers 1 1) BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS 1 2) CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH REGISTERS 2 3) METHODIST CHURCH REGISTERS 2 3a) Methodist Circuit Registers 2 3b) Methodist Church Registers 3 3c) Methodist Circuit and District Catalogue References 10 4) PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH REGISTERS 11 5) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH REGISTERS 11 6) SOCIETY OF FRIENDS RECORDS 12 7) OTHER CHURCH REGISTERS 12 Introduction These lists give the coverage dates of the various registers held by the Record Office which were compiled by churches of denominations other than the Church of England: b = Baptism Registers m = Marriage Registers † = Burial/Death Registers In most cases the Record Office will also hold other records for the churches listed, under the catalogue references given below. Please consult our catalogues for actual dates of each type of register. Lists of Registers 1) BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS Cockton Hill ................................................................................... m1955-1957 - B/BA Consett ........................................................................................ m1908-1970 - B/Con Darlington, Grange Road ................................................................ b1955-1961 - B/Da Dean Bank, Ferryhill ...................................................................... m1962-1993 - B/DB Hamsterley ................................................................. bm†1840-1999 - B/Ham, B/MR Spennymoor ..............................................................m1901-1904, 1917-1979 - B/Spe Waterhouses ................................................................................. m1959-1979 - B/Wa Copies of pre-1837 registers available (M5/l-5): Hamsterley, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Rowley, South Shields, Sunderland HANDLISTS:Handlist01NonConformistRegisters.docx/19-Apr-21/14:28 page 1 2) CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH REGISTERS United Reformed Church from 1972 Alnwick ................................................................................... bm†1848-1928 - C/DNU Barnard Castle .......................................................................... bm†1806-1908 - C/BC Chester-le-Street ....................................................................... bm†1860-1902 - C/CS Cockfield ................................................................................... bm1900-1977 - C/Coc Darlington ....................................................................................... m1930-1974 - C/Da Durham .......................................................................................... b1810-1980 - C/Du East Boldon ................................................................bm†1872-1917 - (microfilm only) Roker ..........................................................................bm†1765-1960 - (microfilm only) Staindrop .......................................................................... bm†1885-1950 - D/X 1228/2 Stockton, Norton Road ............................................................... bm1850-1941 - C/Sto Copies of pre-1837 registers available (M5/l-5): Barnard Castle, Bishopwearmouth, Chester-le- Street, Darlington, Durham, Felling, Monkwearmouth, South Shields, Staindrop, Stockton, Sunderland, Winlaton 3) METHODIST CHURCH REGISTERS Registers often exist for individual churches but are also found for groups of churches or whole circuits. In searching for a particular event both of the lists below (3a and 3b) should be checked. Registers are given a catalogue reference according to the circuit or district which deposited the records with us (see list 3c below for circuit/district catalogue codes, prefixed with “M/”). Circuit boundaries are not permanent and it is possible that an individual church will be part of a number of different circuits at various stages of its existence. It is beyond the scope of this leaflet to give a history for every individual chapel. There are also changes to denominational groupings over time: Wesleyan Methodist churches started around 1790; The Methodist New Connexion was founded in 1797 and joined the United Methodists in 1907; Primitive Methodists started in 1811; the Wesleyan Methodist Association of 1836 became the United Methodist Free Church in 1857 and then joined the United Methodists in 1907; finally the Wesleyan Methodists, Primitive Methodists and United Methodists joined to become the current Methodist Church in 1932. There have also been Independent Methodist churches since 1806, with many established in the North-east. WM = Wesleyan Methodist (1790-1932) MNC = Methodist New Connexion (1797-1907) PM = Primitive Methodist (1811-1932) UMF = United Methodist Free (1857-1907) UM = United Methodist (1907-1932) FM = Free Methodist LEP = Local Ecumenical Partnership (some records may be catalogued as a different denomination) 3a) Methodist Circuit Registers Barnard Castle PM Circuit .................................................. b1831-1934 - M/BC, M/BT Barnard Castle WM Circuit ........................... b1803-1957; m1849-1882 - M/BC, M/BT Bishop Auckland Circuit ................................................................. b1912-1936 - M/BA Bishop Auckland PM Circuit .............................................b1859-1960 - M/BA, M/D/Da Bishop Auckland WM Circuit ............................................b1838-1977 - M/BA, M/D/Da Blackhill UM Circuit ................................................................................ b1931 - M/Sta Brandon PM Circuit ..................................................................... b1898-1943 - M/DDV Brandon and Deerness Valley Circuit ......................................... b1942-1950 - M/DDV Castle Eden Circuit......................................................................... b1936-1958 - M/CE Chester-le-Street Circuit ................................................................. b1935-1950 - M/CS Chester-le-Street PM Circuit .......................................................... b1859-1950 - M/CS Chester-le-Street WM Circuit ......................................................... b1867-1912 - M/CS Consett Circuit ............................................................................... b1932-1936 - M/Sta HANDLISTS:Handlist01NonConformistRegisters.docx/19-Apr-21/14:28 page 2 Consett PM Circuit ......................................................................... b1939-1943 - M/Co Coxhoe PM Circuit ......................................................................... b1902-1926 - M/Th Crook PM Circuit .............................................................. b1850-1959 - M/Cr, M/D/DA Crook WM Circuit ............................................................................ b1865-1973 - M/Cr Darlington, North Road, WM Circuit ............................................... b1873-1934 - M/Da Durham Circuit ............................................................................... b1932-1958 - M/Du Durham PM Circuit ......................................................................... b1842-1932 - M/Du Durham WM Circuit ...........................................................b1815-1957 - M/Du, M/DDV East Durham Circuit ....................................................................... b1936-1958 - M/CE Gateshead WM Circuit ....................................................b1812-1837 - (microfilm only) Houghton-le-Spring WM Circuit ......................................b1837-1840 - (microfilm only) Middleton-in-Teesdale PM Circuit .................................................. b1874-1930 - M/BT Seaham PM Circuit ..................................................................... b1888-1948 - M/Sea Shildon PM Circuit .......................................................................... b1866-1974 - M/Sh Shildon and New Shildon WM Circuit ............................................. b1885-1973 - M/Sh Shotley Bridge PM Circuit .............................................................. b1844-1939 - M/Co Shotley Bridge WM Circuit ....................................... b1840-1953; m1904-1950 - M/Co Shotley Bridge and Consett WM Circuit ......................................... b1877-1963 - M/Co Spennymoor PM Circuit ................................................................. b1868-1935 - M/SF Spennymoor WM Circuit ................................................................ b1852-1946 - M/SF Spennymoor and Ferryhill Circuit ................................................... b1926-1957 - M/SF Stanhope PM Circuit .............................................. b1840-1909; m1942-1966 - M/We Stanhope and Westgate PM Circuit .............................................. b1880-1934 - M/We Stanley Circuit ............................................................................... b1936-1959 - M/Sta Stanley PM Circuit ......................................................................... b1868-1936 - M/Sta Stanley WM Circuit ........................................................................ b1895-1942 - M/Sta Stanley & Catchgate Circuit .......................................................... b1933-1941 - M/Sta Stockton-on-Tees WM Circuit ........................................b1824-1858 - (microfilm only) Teesdale WM Circuit ............................................................ b1856-1978 - M/Te, M/BT Thornley PM Circuit