Gateshead Fell St John Durham Family History Guide

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Gateshead Fell St John is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Durham, created in 1809 from Gateshead St Mary Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Sheriff Hill, Wreckenton, Wrekinton, Low Fell, and High Fell.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1825
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1825

Nonconformists include: Independent Methodist, Methodist New Connexion, Primitive Methodist, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Reform.

Adjacent Parishes

Gateshead Fell Parish Registers

Baptism Records

Gateshead Fell Baptisms 1815-1917

Marriage and Banns Records

Gateshead Fell Marriages 1815-1917

Death and Burial Records

Gateshead Fell Burials 1825-1863

Bishops Transcripts

Explore the Bishops’ Transcripts for the Diocese of Durham (1639–1919) – This collection offers parish register copies submitted annually to the Bishop, covering baptisms, marriages, and burials across Durham, Northumberland, and parts of Yorkshire and Cumberland. Ideal for tracing ancestors when original registers are missing or incomplete.

Gateshead Fell Bishops Transcripts 1825-1863

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GATESHEAD-FELL, a chapelry in Gateshead parish, Durham; on the Northeastern railway, adjacent to Gateshead. It includes the villages of High Fell, Low Fell, Sheriff Hill, and Wreckenton; all of which, except Sheriff Hill, have post-offices under Gateshead. Rated property, £3, 781. Pop. in 1861, 4, 613. The property is much subdivided. Coal and gritstone are worked. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church has a lofty tower, and was built in 1825. There are chapels for Wesleyans and New Connexion Methodists.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

  • County: Durham
  • Civil Registration District: Gateshead
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Durham
  • Rural Deanery: Chester le Street
  • Poor Law Union: Gateshead
  • Hundred: Chester Ward
  • Province: York