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Chester-le-Street St. Mary Parish

Reference: EP/CS Catalogue Title: Chester-le-Street St. Mary Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 01: Registration

Covering Dates: 1582-2003

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  • Chester-le-Street St. Mary Parish
    • Registration (Ref: EP/CS 1/)
    • Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/CS 1/section 1)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/CS 1/section 2)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/CS 1/section 3)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/CS 1/section 4)
    • Registers of burials (Ref: EP/CS 1/section 5)
    • Registers of funerals (Ref: EP/CS 1/section 6)

Catalogue Contents

Registration (Ref: EP/CS 1/)Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/CS 1/section 1)

1-2, 49

Ref: EP/CS 1/1

Register, volume 1, including Baptisms 2 November 1582 - 24 November 1605, 30 December 1605 - 31 March 1643, 15 April 1650, 13 June 1658 (f.65) Marriages 8 February 1582/3 - 5 November 1606, 10 November 1606 - 8 June 1643, 1 August 1646, 24 August [? ], 15 February 1659 Burials 13 February 1582/3 - 28 March 1643, 15 February 1657 At end: (f.168-175) memoranda of pew assignments, rents, and seats erected, 1620 - 23 December 1702
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/CS 1/2

Register, volume 2, including Baptisms 11 April 1652 - 13 May 1688 Marriages 23 June 1653 - 1 February 1661/2, 15 April 1662 - 1 February 1663/4, 1 May 1673 - [ ] March 1678 Burials 28 April 1652 - 29 December 1664, 5 March 1673 - 16 September 1678 Includes: (on f.A, bound between f.15 and f.16) miscellaneous baptisms 27 July 1647 - 23 November 1651, 19 April 1674 - 2 August 1677; list of papists reformed 24 [? November] 1678 - 20 January [1679] For enclosures see EP/CS 1/49
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/CS 1/49

Draft baptism entries 10 August - 12 November 1676, and summaries of covering dates of [register] volume 2, [17th century] Originally enclosed in EP/CS 1/2
(3 papers)

Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/CS 1/section 2)

3-22, 50-54, 77-82

Ref: EP/CS 1/3

Register of baptisms, volume 3, 20 May 1688 - 27 December 1724 At front: list of births/baptisms [possibly of papists], additional to parish register entries, 21 March 1687 - 2 October 1720, [ ] 1734; At end: papist births, 1 January - 10 July 1720
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/4

Register of baptisms, volume 4B, 27 December 1724 - 18 August 1735 At front: list of baptisms [possibly of Roman Catholics] 17 December 1717 - 27 August 1734
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/5

Register of baptisms, volume 5, 24 August 1735 - 29 December 1754 At front: list of papist baptisms 15 September 1736 - 24 December 1743
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/6

Register of baptisms, volume 6, 1 January 1755 - 28 December 1779 At end: list of Roman Catholic baptisms 4 September 1741 - 7 April 1777
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/7

Register of baptisms, volume 7, 9 January 1780 - 3 December 1811 At end: list of Presbyterian births and baptisms, 25 April 1777 - 5 March 1798, and list of Roman Catholic baptisms 13 March 1779 - 26 March 1794
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/8

Register of baptisms, volume 8, 5 January 1812 - 31 December 1826
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/9

Register of baptisms, no volume number, 1 January 1827 - 29 December 1833
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/10

Register of baptisms, volume 10, 1 January 1834 - 21 February 1841
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/11

Register of baptisms, volume 11, 21 February 1841 - 23 May 1849
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/12

Register of baptisms, volume 12, 27 May 1849 - 28 August 1864
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/13

Register of baptisms, volume 13, 28 August 1864 - 13 June 1877
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/14

Register of baptisms, volume 14, 18 June 1877 - 20 March 1886
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/15

Register of baptisms, volume 15, 17 March 1886 - 15 August 1894
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/16

Register of baptisms, volume 16, 14 August 1894 - 3 February 1901
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/17

Register of baptisms, volume 17, 3 February 1901 - 21 August 1907
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/18

Register of baptisms, volume 18, 25 August 1907 - 15 October 1913
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/19

Register of baptisms, volume 19, 15 October 1913 - 10 October 1920
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/20

Register of baptisms, volume 20, 10 October 1920 - 20 February 1927
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/21

Register of baptisms, volume 21, 20 February 1927 - 12 May 1935
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/22

Register of baptisms, no volume number, 22 May 1935 - 25 April 1943
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/50

Register of baptisms, 25 April 1943 - 27 March 1949
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/51

Register of baptisms, 27 March 1949 - 24 July 1955
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/52

Register of baptisms, 31 July 1955 - 11 March 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/53

Register of baptisms, 11 March 1962 - 18 April 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/54

Register of baptisms, 25 April 1965 - 16 May 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/77

Number not used

Ref: EP/CS 1/78

Register of baptisms, 16 May 1971 - 3 December 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/79

Register of baptisms, 3 December 1978 - 31 May 1987
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/80

Register of baptisms, 31 May 1987 - 7 May 1995
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/81

Register of baptisms, 25 June 1995 - 10 January 1999
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/82

Register of baptisms, 7 February 1999 - 16 November 2003
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/CS 1/section 3)

23-39, 64-71, 83-90

Ref: EP/CS 1/23

Register of marriages, no volume number, 15 April 1708 - 8 March 1735/6; and burials March 1708 - 17 September 1735
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/24

Register of marriages, volume 4, 1 April 1736 - 30 November 1754; and burials, 26 September 1735 - 31 October 1759
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/25

Register of banns, volume 5, 21 April 1754 - 5 February 1769; and marriages, 5 May 1754 - 14 July 1770
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/26

Register of marriages, volume 6, 16 July 1770 - 28 December 1802
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/27

Register of marriages, volume 7, 2 January 1803 - 27 January 1827
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/28

Register of marriages, volume 8, 2 January 1827 - 19 June 1837
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/29

Register of marriages, volume 9, 9 July 1837 - 16 May 1847
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/30

Register of marriages, volume 10, 17 May 1847 - 4 April 1856
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/31

Register of marriages, volume 11, 15 April 1856 - 25 September 1864
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/32

Register of marriages, volume 12, 18 October 1864 - 6 December 1872
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/33

Register of marriages, volume 13, 12 December 1872 - 26 December 1891
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/34

Register of marriages, volume 14, 26 December 1891 - 19 July 1902
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/35

Register of marriages, volume 15, 12 August 1902 - 21 July 1912
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/36

Register of marriages, volume 16, 24 July 1912 - 7 March 1921
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/37

Register of marriages, volume 17, 16 March 1921 - 30 March 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/38

Register of marriages, volume 18, 1 April 1929 - 2 May 1936
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/39

Register of marriages, volume 19, 2 May 1936 - 22 January 1941
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/64

Register of marriages, 25 January 1941 - 23 July 1945
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/65

Register of marriages, 24 July 1945 - 1 October 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/66

Register of marriages, 1 October 1949 - 27 March 1954
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/67

Register of marriages, 3 April 1954 - 13 June 1959
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/68

Register of marriages, 20 June 1959 - 21 October 1961
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/69

Register of marriages, 21 October 1961 - 5 September 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/70

Register of marriages, 5 September 1964 - 28 March 1967
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/71

Register of marriages, 28 March 1967 - 20 September 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/83

Register of marriages, 20 September 1969 - 10 June 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/84

Register of marriages, 17 June 1972 - 16 August 1975
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/85

Register of marriages, 16 August 1975 - 2 December 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/86

Register of marriages, 27 January 1979 - 24 July 1982
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/87

Register of marriages, 31 July 1982 - 29 March 1986
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/88

Register of marriages, 29 March 1986 - 24 June 1989
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/89

Register of marriages, 24 June 1989 - 12 September 1992
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/90

Register of marriages, 12 September 1992 - 29 March 1997
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/CS 1/section 4)

55-63

Ref: EP/CS 1/55

Register of banns of marriage, 5 January 1975 - 18 July 1976
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/56

Register of banns of marriage, 1 August 1976 - 18 June 1978
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/57

Register of banns of marriage, 4 June 1978 - 18 May 1980
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/58

Register of banns of marriage, 4 May 1980 - 21 March 1982
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/59

Register of banns of marriage, 7 March 1982 - 30 March 1986
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/60

Register of banns of marriage, 13 April 1986 - 25 October 1987
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/61

Register of banns of marriage, 11 October 1987 - 22 September 1991
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/62

Register of banns of marriage, 13 October 1991 - 28 July 1996
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/63

Register of banns of marriage, 14 July 1996 - 23 July 2000
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/CS 1/section 5)

40-48

Ref: EP/CS 1/40

Register of burials, volume 5, 1 November 1759 - 26 September 1787
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/41

Register of burials, volume 6, 2 October 1787 - 28 December 1815
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/42

Register of burials, volume 7, 7 January 1816 - 5 August 1829
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/43

Register of burials, volume 8, 6 August 1829 - 14 March 1843
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/44

Register of burials, volume 9, 15 March 1843 - 8 April 1855
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/45

Register of burials, volume 10, 15 April 1855 - 30 December 1867
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/46

Register of burials, volume 11, 2 January 1868 - 18 August 1882
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/47

Register of burials, volume 12, 23 August 1882 -10 May 1892
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/48

Register of burials, volume 13, 18 May 1892 - 11 February 1927
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of funerals (Ref: EP/CS 1/section 6)

72-76, 91

Ref: EP/CS 1/72

Register of funerals, 7 July 1971 - 2 September 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/73

Register of funerals, 7 September 1976 - 10 September 1981
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/74

Register of funerals, 13 September 1981 - 19 February 1988
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/75

Register of funerals, 21 February 1988 - 25 March 1990
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/76

Register of funerals, 21 March 1990 - 30 July 1992
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/CS 1/91

Register of funerals, 31 July 1992 - 9 April 1999
(1 volume, plastic bound)



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