Holy Island, Northumberland:- Church Records

Church of England Records.

• Holy Island, St Mary the Virgin: Records of baptisms 1578-1960, marriages 1578-1958 and burials 1578-1959 are available at Northumberland Archives Service. Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1765-1868 are deposited at Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham City. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1578-1875 and marriages 1813-1885 for this parish, and Boyd's Marriage Index includes marriages 1578-1812, banns 1754-1812 and Scots marriages 1776-1812. Transcripts of baptisms, burials and marriages 1578-1837 and of monumental inscriptions for Holy Island are available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept.
  
  • Baptisms at Holy Island 1813-1837 (22 kbytes)
  • Burials at Holy Island 1813-1837 (13 kbytes)
  from the George Bell Collection of Durham and Northumberland Indexes.
  
• A photograph of Holy Island, St Mary the Virgin supplied by George Bell.
  

Nonconformist Records.

• Early Wesleyan Methodist chapels in this area belonged to Alnwick W.M. Circuit. Records for 1791-1837 can be seen at Northumberland Archives Service and are included on the IGI.
  

Adjacent Parishes.

• The following parishes are adjacent to Holy Island:- Ancroft, Belford, Kyloe.