Hamsterley Durham Family History Guide

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Hamsterley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Durham, created in 1724 from a chapelry in Auckland St Andrew Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Hamsterly

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1580
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1765

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Hamsterley Parish Registers

Baptism Records

Hamsterley Baptisms 1580-1920

Hamsterly Baptisms 1580-1839

Marriage and Banns Records

Hamsterley Marriages 1580-1920

Hamsterly Marriages 1580-1839

Death and Burial Records

Hamsterley Burials 1765-1898

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.

Hamsterley Bishops Transcripts 1765-1856

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HAMSTERLEY, a village, a township-chapelry, and a sub-district in Auckland district, Durham. The village stands on a hill, near the river Bedburn, 2 miles SW of Witton-le-Wear r. station, and 6 W by N of Bishop-Auckland; and has a post office under Darlington.

The chapelry is in Auckland-St. Andrew parish, and comprises 4, 003 acres. Real property, £2, 883; of which £310 are in mines. Pop., 522. Houses, 117. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £96. Patron, H. Chaytor, Esq. The church is ancient and cruciform, with a belfry. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £16.

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