Usworth is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Durham, created in 1837 from a chapelry in Washington Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Great and Little Usworth, Ushworth
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1835
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1837
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
USWORTH, a township-chapelry, with a village, in Washington parish, Durham; adjacent to the North-eastern railway, 4 miles SE of Gateshead. It has a post-office under Gateshead, and a r. station.
Acres, 2,548. Real property, £13,711; of which £7,225 are in mines, £109 in quarries, and £20 in the railway. Pop. in 1851, 2,051; in 1861, 3,677. Houses, 691.
The increase of pop. arose chiefly from extension of collieries.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £161. Patron, the Rector of Washington. The church was built in 1832.
There are a Wesleyan chapel, and an endowed school with £30 a year.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Durham, Usworth – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions : Penshaw, High Usworth, Washington
Author: Nicholson, G.
The monumental inscriptions of Holy Trinity churchyard, High Usworth, County Durham
Author: Nicholson, G.; Northumberland & Durham Family History Society
England, Durham, Usworth – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Great and Little Usworth, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Durham, Usworth – Church history ( 1 )
Record of members, 1858-1859
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Usworth Branch (Durhamshire)
England, Durham, Usworth – Church records ( 4 )
Church records for Usworth, 1853-1921
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Usworth (Durham)
Church records, 1843-1907
Author: Methodist Church. South Shields Circuit (Durham, England)
England, Durham, Usworth, bishop’s transcripts, 1837
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Usworth (Durham); Durham University Library
Parish register for Usworth, 1877-1901
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Usworth (Durham)
England, Durham, Usworth – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Marriage index for Washington, Usworth, Seaham, Easington, Dalton-le- Dale and Kelloe, 1570-1841
Author: Rounce, W. E.
England, Durham, Usworth – Directories ( 1 )
Washington then and now
Author: Sutherland, Ashley; Wood, John
England, Durham, Usworth – History ( 1 )
Washington then and now
Author: Sutherland, Ashley; Wood, John
England, Durham, Usworth – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the township of Usworth, 1760-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Durhamshire)
England, Durham, Usworth – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Papers relating to local militia, 1800-1808
England, Durham, Usworth – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Parish relief, 1832-1857; and poor rates, 1837-1852
Author: Usworth (Durham)
Poor law records, 1750-1864
Author: Usworth (Durham)
England, Durham, Usworth – Public records ( 1 )
Surveyors’ accounts, 1841-1849, highway rate book, 1858-1864
Author: Usworth (Durham)
England, Durham, Usworth – Schools ( 1 )
Log books, 1892-1926
Author: Usworth Colliery School (Usworth, Durham)
England, Durham, Usworth – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the township of Usworth, 1760-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Durhamshire)
Valuation lists, 1897-1900
Author: Usworth (Durham)
Administration
- County: Durham
- Civil Registration District: Chester le Street
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Durham
- Rural Deanery: Chester le Street
- Poor Law Union: Chester le Street
- Hundred: Chester Ward
- Province: York