Rainton Durham Family History Guide

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Rainton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Durham, created in 1836 from Houghton le Spring Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Moor House, Moorsley, West Rainton, East Rainton, and Cocken.

Parish registers begin:

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

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Rainton Parish Registers

Baptism Records

West Rainton Baptisms 1825-1846

Marriage and Banns Records

West Rainton Marriages 1827-1864

Death and Burial Records

West Rainton Burials 1826-1841

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.

West Rainton Bishops Transcripts 1825-1839

Parish History

West Rainton

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RAINTON (West), a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Houghton-le-Spring parish, Durhamshire. The village stands ¾ of a mile NE of Leamside-Junction r. station, and 4¼ NE by N of Durham; and has a post-office under Fence-Houses. The township comprises 1,788 acres. Real property, £5,722; of which £2,100 are in mines, and £810 in railway s. Pop., 1,447. Houses, 308. The manor belonged once to a convent at Durham, and belongs now to the Dean and Chapter of Durham.

The chapelry is more extensive than the township; and was constituted in 1838, and re-constructed in 1866. Pop., about 3,000. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £310. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. A new church was built in 1864. There are a Wesleyan chapel and national schools.

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

East Rainton

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RAINTON (East), a township and a chapelry in Houghton-le-Spring parish, Durhamshire. The township lies 2 miles NE of Leamside-Junction r. station, and 5 NE by N of Durham. Post-town, Fence-Houses. Acres, 1,065. Real property, £5,870; of which £829 are in railways. Pop. in 1851, 1,695; in 1861, 1,505. Houses, 339. Most of the inhabitants are miners.

The chapelry comprises part of E. R. township and all Moorsley. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church was built in 1866; is in the early decorated English style; and has a bell-turret. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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: Houghton le Spring
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Durham
  • Rural Deanery: Easington
  • Poor Law Union: Houghton le Spring
  • Hundred: Easington Ward
  • Province: York