Staindrop Durham Family History Guide
Staindrop is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Durham.
Other places in the parish include: Langleydale and Shotton, Raby with Keverstone, Raby cum Keverstone, Raby and Keverstone, Langleydale with Shotton, Wackerfield, Langledale and Shotton, Hilton, Cleatlam, and Cleatham.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1635
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1765
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Staindrop
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STAINDROP, a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Teesdale district, Durham.
The village stands 2 miles NNW of Winston r. station, and 5½ SW of Bishop-Auckland; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a post-office under Darlington, an inn, and a library with news-room.
The township comprises 1,751 acres. Real property, £5,655. Pop., 1,333. Houses, 318.
The parish includes five other townships, and comprises 11,837 acres. Pop., 2,406. Houses, 535. The property is subdivided. Raby Park is a prominent feature. Lead works are in Langleydale.
The living is a vicarage, annexed to Cockfield. The church is partly early English, partly perpendicular; was restored in 1849; and contains sedilia, oak stalls, and rich monuments of two Earls of Westmoreland and the late Duchess of Cleveland. The vicarage of Ingleton is a separate benefice.
There are four dissenting chapels, a national school, and charities £128.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Cleatham
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CLEATHAM, a township in Gainford and Staindrop parishes, Durham; 4 ½ miles ESE of Barnard Castle. Acres, 1, 097. Real property, £1, 521. Pop., 95. Houses,
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Hilton
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HILTON, a township in Staindrop parish, Durham; 5¼ miles SSW of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 1, 092. Real property, £1, 083. Pop., 98. Houses, 22
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Langleydale and Shotton
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LANGLEYDALE and SHOTTON, a township in Staindrop parish, Durham; on a headstream of the river Gaunless, 5 miles N of Barnard-Castle. Acres, 4,685. Real property, £2,426. Pop., 220. Houses, 33.
Much of the land is common; and portions of it present wild spots of forest scenery. Lead ore has been smelted here, to the extent of producing about 400 pigs of lead and 4,000 ounces of silver weekly.
A school is supported by the Duke of Bedford; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
An ancient tower is here, known as the Lady’s Tower, formerly an outpost of Raby Castle, and associated with the life of the last Earl of Westmoreland. The ballad of Surtees says,—
“As I down Raby Park did pass,
I heard a fair maid weep and wail;
The chiefest of her song it was,
Farewell the sweets of Langleydale !
The bonny mavis cheers his love,
The throstlecock sings in the glen:
But I must never hope to rove
Within sweet Langleydale again.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Raby with Keverstone
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
RABY-WITH- KEVERSTONE, a township in Stain-drop parish, Durham; 6 miles N E of Barnard-Castle. Acres, 2, 752. Real property, £2, 768. Pop., 295. Houses, 57.
Raby Castle stands on a rocky eminence, commanding good views from its towers; occupies the site of a palace of Canute; was founded in 1379 by John de Neville; underwent, at various periods, great additions and alterations; passed, in the time of James I., to Sir H. Vane; gave entertainment, in 1633 and 1639, to Charles I.; was taken in 1645, and besieged in 1648; belongs now to the Duke of Cleveland, and gives him the title of Baron Raby.
It was described by Leland as the “largest castle of logginges in all the north country;” covers a space of about 2 acres, with a moat; includes two courts, a great machicolated gate, covered galleries, and several towers; contains a barons’ hall, 90 feet long, 35 feet wide, and 36 feet high; and stands in a noble park. A gathering of 700 knights took place in the hall in the time of the Nevilles; and is thus sung by Wordsworth
Neville sees
His followers gathering in from Tees,
From Were, and all the little rills
Conceal’d among the forked hills
Seven hundred knights, retainers all
Of Neville, at their master’s call
Had sate together in Raby’s Hall.”
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Wackerfield
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WACKERFIELD, a township in Staindrop parish, Durham; 6 miles SW by S of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 744. Real property, £1,244. Pop., 160. Houses, 30.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Marriage Licences and Allegations
London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869
The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.
Vaine, Christopher, of Raby Castle, co. Durham, esq., bachelor, about 22, and the Hon. Elizabeth Hollis, of Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, Middlesex, spinster, about 19, consent of her father, the Rt. Hon. Gilbert, Earl of Clare, now in parts beyond the seas — at St. Paul, Covent Garden. 9 May, 1676. V.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Administration
- County: Durham
- Civil Registration District: Teesdale
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Durham
- Rural Deanery: Darlington
- Poor Law Union: Teesdale
- Hundred: Darlington Ward
- Province: York