Kirkheaton Northumberland Family History Guide

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Kirkheaton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Northumberland, created in 1753 from Kirkheaton extra-parochial.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1814
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1861

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Kirkheaton Parish Registers

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.

Kirkheaton Bishops Transcripts 1861-1862

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KIRKHEATON, a parish in Castle-Ward district, Northumberland; at the source of the river Blyth, 4 miles S of Scot’s-Gap r. station, 4¾ E of Watling street, and 9½ NE by N of Hexham. Post town, Capheaton, under Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Acres, 1,760. Pop., 161. Houses, 32. Black hill here commands an extensive view. Coal is worked; limestone and freestone are quarried; and there is a lime kiln. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £60. Patrons, Messrs. Berwick, Oraster, and Asken. The church was rebuilt in 1775. A yew tree, upwards of 600 years old, is in the churchyard. There is a national school.

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

Administration

  • County: Northumberland
  • Civil Registration District: Castle Ward
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Durham
  • Rural Deanery: Hexham
  • Poor Law Union: Castle Ward
  • Hundred: Tynedale Ward
  • Province: York