Hexham, Northumberland:- Church Records

Church of England Records.

• Hexham, St Andrew: Records of baptisms 1643-1948, marriages 1579-1972 and burials 1655-1859 are available at Northumberland Archives Service. Microfilm copies of marriages for the period 1813-1837 can be seen at Tyne and Wear Archives Service. Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1740-1836 are deposited at the Borthwick Institute, University of York and those for 1837-1858 are deposited at Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham City. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1643-1812 and marriages 1579-1812 for this parish, and Boyd's Marriage Index includes marriages 1579-1812 and banns 1754-1812. The Northumberland and Durham Family History Society has published an index to marriages 1754-1851 (microfiche PR206) and a transcript of monumental inscriptions (microfiche TN75). Transcripts of baptisms 1643-1851, marriages and burials 1579-1851, and of monument inscriptions (for Hexham Old Churchyard and Hexham Abbey) are available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept.
  
  • Hexham marriage indexes for:
    • 1540-1599 (16 kbytes)
    • 1600-1699 (70 kbytes)
    • 1700-1749 (57 kbytes)
    • 1750-1799 (73 kbytes)
    • 1800-1837 (68 kbytes)
    from the George Bell Collection of Durham and Northumberland Indexes.
    
  • A photograph of Hexham, St Andrew supplied by George Bell.
    

Nonconformist Records.

• Records for the following nonconformist churches in the parish of Hexham are available at Northumberland Archives Service:
  
  • Battle Hill (Methodist) - Marriages 1915-1952
    
  • Cockshaw Grange (Roman Catholic) - Baptisms 1753-1832, marriages 1766-1838 and deaths 1807-1826.(Transcripts of these records are available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept.)
    
  • Ebenezer (Independent) - Births/baptisms 1781-1836. (A transcript of baptisms 1787-1837 is available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept.) Births/Baptisms 1787-1837 for this chapel are now searchable on the FreeREG site.
    
  • Hexham (Roman Catholic) - Baptisms 1737-1754,1768-1826, 1832-1926, marriages 1716-1752, 1842-1953 and deaths 1715-1754, 1833-1963.
    
  • Hexham Dominican Mission (Roman Catholic) - Baptisms 1715-1754.
    
  • Hexham P.M. Circuit (Methodist) - Baptisms 1880-1963
    
  • Hexham Wesleyan Circuit (Methodist) - Baptisms 1797-1954. (Transcripts of these records are available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept. and they are included on the I.G.I.)
    
  • Stonecroft and Hexham (Roman Catholic) - Baptisms 1722-1821, marriages 1716-1806, deaths 1715-1754.
    
  • Trinity (Methodist) - Marriages 1899-1980
    
• A photograph of Hexham United Reformed Church supplied by George Bell.
  
• A transcript of monument inscriptions for Hexham, St. Mary's R.C. is available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept.
  
• The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes births/baptisms 1824-1837 for Hexham, Bethania Chapel (Primitive Methodist). These are believed to be circuit records.
  

Adjacent Parishes.

• The following parishes are adjacent to Hexham:- Allendale, Corbridge, Haydon Bridge, Newbrough, St John Lee, Warden, Whitley.