Grindon Durham Family History Guide

Grindon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Durham.

Other places in the parish include: Thewles, Thorpe, and Whitton.

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1565
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1762

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Table of Contents

Adjacent Parishes

Grindon Parish Registers

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.

Grindon Bishops Transcripts 1762-1836

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GRINDON, a township and a parish in Stockton district, Durham. The township lies near the Clarence railway, ½ a mile NNE of Carlton r. station, and 4 NNW of Stockton-on-Tees. Acres, 3,446. Pop., 303. house, 65. The parish contains also the township of Whitton, and comprises 4, 187 acres. Post town, Thorpe, under Stockton. Rated property, £2,948. Pop., 343. house, 75. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the late Marchioness of Londonderry. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £250. Patron, Earl Vane. The church and parsonage was recently rebuilt.

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: Stockton
Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
Diocese: Durham
Rural Deanery: Stockton
Poor Law Union: Stockton
Hundred: Stockton Ward
Province: York