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Durham St. Oswald Parish

Reference: EP/Du.SO Catalogue Title: Durham St. Oswald Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: Registration

Covering Dates: 1538-2020

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  • Durham St. Oswald Parish
    • Durham, St Oswald parish (Ref: EP/Du.SO)
    • Registration (Ref: EP/Du.SO )
    • Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/Du.SO section 01)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Du.SO section 02)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Du.SO section 03)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Du.SO section 04)
    • Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Du.SO section 05)
    • Copies of registers (Ref: EP/Du.SO section 06)

Catalogue Contents

Durham, St Oswald parish (Ref: EP/Du.SO)Registration (Ref: EP/Du.SO )Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/Du.SO section 01)

116-121

Ref: EP/Du.SO 116

Register of baptisms, 14 October 1538 - 2 March 1592/3; register of marriages, 1538 - 3 December 1592; register of burials, 9 October 1538 -25 February 1592/3
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 117

Register of marriages, 2 May 1598 - 15 May 1626; register of burials 25 April 1598 - 4 September 1626; register of baptisms 23 April 1598 - 13 August 1626 List of recusants, 1616 List of people whipped and stocked, 1605
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 118

Register of baptisms, 5 September 1626 - 25 September 1653; register of marriages, 8 June 1626 - 27 November 1652; register of burials, 30 September 1626 - 17 October 1653 List of those who died in the great plague, 1644 - 1645
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 119

Register of baptisms, 3 September 1653 - 30 December 1781; register of marriages, 2 January 1653 - 31 December 1781; register of burials, 1 November 1653 - 19 February 1680 List of briefs for the relief of the inhabitants of the parish, 30 October 1658 - 6 September 1668 List of vicars, 1562-1876
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 120

Register of baptisms, 19 May 1695 - 27 August 1715; register of marriages, 6 May 1695 - 24 June 1706; register of burials, 2 May 1695 - 30 July 1706 (Volume kept under Act 6 and 7 Wm. and Mary which imposed a tax on marriage, births, deaths and burials)
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 121

Register of baptisms, 13 January 1782 - 9 September 1815; register of marriages, 14 January 1782 - 29 November 1812 Includes: Population of the township of Elvet in St. Oswald's parish, 1831
(1 volume, calf bound)

Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Du.SO section 02)

122-132

Ref: EP/Du.SO 122

Register of baptisms, 1 January 1813 - 21 September 1828
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 123

Register of baptisms, 7 October 1828 - 15 May 1848
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 124

Register of baptisms, 20 May 1848 - 16 June 1871
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 125

Register of baptisms, 25 June 1871 - 10 June 1877
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 126

Register of baptisms, 10 June 1871 - 19 June 1881
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 127

Register of baptisms, 29 June 1881 - 1 November 1886
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 128

Register of baptisms, 5 November 1886 - 10 April 1896
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 129

Register of baptisms, 10 April 1896 - 27 October 1905
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 130

Register of baptisms, 27 October 1905 - 8 September 1915
(1 volume, printed form, vellurn bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 131

Register of baptisms, 8 September 1915 - 22 May 1927
(1 volume, printed forrp, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 132

Register of baptisms, 25 May 1927 - 23 December 1951
(1 volume, printed form, calf bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Du.SO section 03)

133-146, 260, 264-265, 409, 410/1-4

Ref: EP/Du.SO 133

Register of marriages, 20 May 1754 - 25 December 1784; register of banns of marriages, 5 May 1754 - 19 December 1784
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 134

Register of marriages, 5 February 1785 - 8 December 1807; register of banns of marriages, 16 January 1785 - 25 January 1807
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 135

Register of marriages, 1 May 1808 - 29 November 1812; register of banns of marriages, 24 January 1808 - 25 August 1822
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 136

Register of marriages, 22 February 1813 - 20 May 1837
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 137

Register of marriages, 22 July 1837 - 17 June 1862
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 138

Register of marriages, 8 September 1862 - 4 October 1884
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 139

Register of marriages, 3 November 1884 - 17 February 1912
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 140

Register of marriages, 8 April 1912 - 17 September 1928
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 141

Register of marriages, 6 October 1928 - 4 July 1936
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 142

Register of marriages, 1 August 1936 - 7 January 1942
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 143

Register of marriages, 31 January 1942 - 9 November 1949
(1 volume, printed form cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 144

Register of marriages, 26 December 1949 - 21 March 1959
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 145

Register of marriages, 28 March 1959 - 17 August 1968 Includes: marriages in Hatfield College Chapel and Norman Chapel and Tunstall Chapel in Durham Castle
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 146

Register of marriages, 7 September 1968 - 14 April 1973 Includes: marriages in Hatfield College and the Tunstall Chapel, Durham Castle.
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 260

Register of marriages, 14 April 1973 - 21 December 1979
(1 volume, cloth-bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 264

Register of marriages, 26 January 1980 - 4 August 1990
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 265

Register of marriages, 4 August 1990 - 14 August 1999
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 409

Register of marriages, 4 September 1999 - 5 May 2007
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 410/1

Register of marriages, 3 August 2007 - 29 August 2008
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 410/2

Register of marriages, 16 August 2008 - 1 June 2012 Includes: marriages in Chapel of St. Mary's College, University of Durham; Tunstall Chapel, University College, Durham Castle; Chapel of St. Chad's College, University of Durham
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 410/3

Register of marriages, 23 June 2012 - 1 August 2020
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 410/4

Register of marriages, 12 September 2020 - 9 October 2020
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Du.SO section 04)

112/22/1-8, 147-155, 411/1

Ref: EP/Du.SO 112/22/1-8

Residents' oaths for banns of marriage, 2 November 1822 - 25 January 1823
(8 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 147

Register of banns of marriage, 7 December 1823 - 16 July 1837
(1 volume, printed form, calf bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 148

Register of banns of marriage, 20 August 1837 - 2 December 1866
(1 volume, printed form1 calf bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 149

Register of banns of marriage, 2 December 1866 - 7 December 1879
(1 volume, printed form, calf bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 150

Register of banns of marriage, 30 November 1879 - 17 November 1895
(1 volume, printed form, calf bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 151

Register of banns of marriage, 8 December 1895 - 25 October 1908
(1 volume, printed form, calf bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 152

Register of banns of marriage, 22 November 1908 - 8 July 1923
(1 volume, printed form, calf bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 153

Register of banns of marriage, 1 July 1923 - 23 August 1938
(1 volume, printed form, calf bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 154

Register of banns of marriage, 11 September 1938 - 8 August 1954
(1 volume, printed form, calf bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 155

Register of banns of marriage, 12 September 1954 - 25 July 1965
(1 volume, printed form)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 411/1

Register of banns of marriage, 12 September 1965 - 18 July 2004
(1 volume)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Du.SO section 05)

156-167, 412/1

Ref: EP/Du.SO 156

Register of burials, 22 August 1678 - 29 December 1800
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 157

Register of burials, 3 January 1801 - 28 December 1812
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 158

Register of burials, 1 January 1813 - 11 December 1831
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 159

Register of burials, 18 December 1831 - 18 September 1853
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 160

Register of burials, 20 October 1853 - 10 January 1861
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 161

Register of burials, 14 January 1861 - 6 June 1877
(1 volume , printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 162

Register of burials, 11 June 1877 - 14 June 1883
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 163

Register of burials, 21 June 1883 - 11 April 1894
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 164

Register of burials, 14 April 1894 - 11 June 1906
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 165

Register of burials, 14 June 1906 - 28 February 1919
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 166

Register of burials, 3 March 1919 - 14 December 1937
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 167

Register of burials, 26 December 1937 - 25 October 1967
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SO 412/1

Register of burials, 28 October 1967 - 7 November 2002 Note: dates in this register can sometimes relate to the date of the funeral or cremation and not the committal of cremated remains
(1 volume)

Copies of registers (Ref: EP/Du.SO section 06)

168

Ref: EP/Du.SO 168

Booklet recording marriages between 1785 - 1807 made by Rose G. Headlam, 17 May 1888
(1 booklet)



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