Blanchland, Northumberland:- Church Records

Church of England Records.

• Blanchland, St Mary: Records of baptisms 1753-1995, marriages 1753-1977, 1980-1990 and burials 1753-1995 are available at Northumberland Archives Service. Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1770-1876 are deposited at Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham City. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1753-1875 and marriages 1753-1877 for this parish, but it is not included in Boyd's Marriage Index. Transcripts of baptisms, burials and marriages 1753-1851 are available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Blanchland (microfiche TN75) is published by Northumberland and Durham Family History Society and these records are also available in book form at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Department.
  
  • Marriage indexes for 1753-1837 (10 kbytes) from the George Bell Collection of Durham and Northumberland Indexes.
    
  • A photograph of Blanchland, St Mary supplied by George Bell.
    

Nonconformist Records.

• Northumberland Archives Service also has records of marriages 1911-1990 at Bay Bridge Methodist Church
  
• Early Wesleyan Methodist chapels in this area belonged to Hexham W.M. Circuit. Records for 1797-1836 can be seen at Northumberland Archives Service and are included on the IGI.
  

Adjacent Parishes.

• The following parishes are adjacent to Blanchland:- Bywell St Peter, Edmundbyers DUR, Hunstanworth DUR, Slaley, Whitley.