Shotley, Northumberland:- Church Records

Church of England Records.

• Shotley, St Andrew/St John: Records of baptisms 1675-1971, marriages 1670-1991 and burials 1690-1960 are available at Northumberland Archives Service. Microfilm copies of marriages for the period 1670-1837 can be seen at Tyne and Wear Archives Service. Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1767-1840 are deposited at Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham City. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1682-1875 and marriages 1670-1876 for this parish, and Boyd's Marriage Index includes marriages 1670-1814 and banns 1751-1775, 1814-1812. Transcripts of baptisms 1675-1812, marriages 1670-1812 and burials 1690-1812 for Shotley are available in the Local Studies Departments of Newcastle Central Library and Gateshead Central Library. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Shotley (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 1670-1837 (28 kbytes) from the George Bell Collection of Durham and Northumberland Indexes.
    
  • Photographs of Shotley, St John supplied by Mike Berrell.
    

Nonconformist Records.

• Records of baptisms 1949-1967 for Kiln Pit Hill (Methodist) can be seen at Tyne and Wear Archives Service.
  
• 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 Shotley:- Bywell St Peter, Edmundbyers DUR, Medomsley DUR, Muggleswick DUR, Whittonstall.