Stamfordham Northumberland Family History Guide

Stamfordham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northumberland.

Other places in the parish include: Cheesburn Grange, Blackheddon, Black Heddon, Bitchfield, Walridge;, Wallridge, Walbridge, Ryall, Ryal, Rouchester, Ouston, Nesbitt, Nesbit, Kearsley, Ingoe, Heugh, Hawkwell, Fenwick near Newcastle upon Tyne, Fenwick, and Cheeseburn Grange.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1662
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1769

Nonconformists include: Presbyterian, Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STAMFORDHAM, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Castle Ward district. Northumberland.

The village stands on the river Pont, 6½ miles NNW of Wylam r. station, and 12 NW by W of Newcastle; was once a market-town; retains, on its green, a small but picturesque market house of 1785; is a polling place; and has a post-office under Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and fairs on 20 Apriland 15 Aug.

The parish contains 14 townships, and comprises 18,089 acres. Real property, £21,603; of which £152 are in mines. Pop., 1,800. Houses, 350. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £520. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1849.

The p. curacy of Matfen is a separate benefice. A chapel of ease is at Ryall; and there are a U. Presbyterian church, an endowed school with £200 a year, and charities £12.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Northumberland, Stamfordham – Cemeteries ( 2 )
The Monumental inscriptions of the church and churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, Stamfordham, Northumberland
Author: Thirkell, Philip R. G.; Northumberland & Durham Family History Society

Parish chest records of Stamfordham, 1771-1929
Author: Stamfordham (Northumberland)

England, Northumberland, Stamfordham – Church records ( 8 )
Church records, 1754-1896
Author: Presbyterian Church (Stamfordham, England)

England, Northumberland, Matfen, parish registers, 18445-1972
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Matfen (Northumberland); Northumberland Record Office

England, Northumberland, Stamfordham, bishop’s transcripts, 1769-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stamfordham (Northumberland); Durham University Library

England, Northumberland, Stamfordham, parish registers, 1865-2005
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stamfordham (Northumberland); Northumberland Archives Service (Ashington, Northumberland)

Parish chest records of Stamfordham, 1771-1929
Author: Stamfordham (Northumberland)

Parish register transcripts, 1662-1825
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stamfordham (Northumberland)

Parish registers for Matfen, 1844-1949
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Matfen (Northumberland)

Parish registers for Stamfordham, 1662-1929
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stamfordham (Northumberland)

England, Northumberland, Stamfordham – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Stamfordham, Nhumb., Eng

Computer printout of Stamfordham, Presbyterian Church, Nhumb., Eng

Matfen with Ryal baptisms, marriages and burials, 1844-1901
Author: Yellowley, Carol; Bell, George; Church of England. Chapelry of Matfen (Northumberland); Church of England. Parish Church of Stamfordham (Northumberland)

England, Northumberland, Stamfordham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish registers for Stamfordham, 1662-1929
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stamfordham (Northumberland)

England, Northumberland, Stamfordham – Probate records ( 1 )
England, Northumberland, Fenwick by Stamfordham, probate records, 1663-1767
Author: Northumberland County Record Office (England)

England, Northumberland, Stamfordham – Schools ( 1 )
School records of Stamfordham Roman Catholic School, 1873-1929
Author: Stamfordham Roman Catholic School (Stamfordham, Northumberland)

Administration

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