Witton le Wear Durham Family History Guide
Witton le Wear is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Durham, created in 1724 from a chapelry in Auckland St Andrew Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: North Bedburn, Witton Castle and Witton Park.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1765
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Primitive Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WITTON-LE-WEAR., a parish, with a village, in Auckland district, Durham; on the river Wear, and on the Bishop-Auckland and Stanhope railway, 4½ miles WNW of Bishop-Auckland. It has a post-office under Darlington, a r. station, and a bridge. Acres, 2,955. Real property, £18,017; of which £13,033 are in mines, £1,586 in ironworks, and £15 in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 918; in 1861, 1,366. Houses, 270.
The manor belongs to the Bishop of Durham. W. Castle is the seat of H. Chaytor, Esq.; and includes portions of an old castle of the Eures, built in 1410, and eventually destroyed by fire. W. Park is a hamlet, with extensive ironworks; and has a post-office under Darlington.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300. Patron, alternately H. Chaytor, Esq., and the Crown. The church is tolerable. There are two Methodist chapels and several schools.
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.
Darcy, James, of Witton Castle, co. Durham, esq., widower, and Mary Hickes, daughter of Sir William Hickes, of Ruckholts, co. Essex, who consents — at …. 19 Oct. 1693. F.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
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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