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Billingham St. Cuthbert Parish

Reference: EP/Bi Catalogue Title: Billingham St. Cuthbert Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: Registration

Covering Dates: 1569-2009

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  • Billingham St. Cuthbert Parish
    • Registration (Ref: EP/Bi 1/)
    • Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 01)
    • Registers of baptisms and burials (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 02)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 03)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 03)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 04)
    • Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 05)
    • Registers of funerals (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 06)
    • Marriage licences (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 08)

Catalogue Description

Billingham, St Cuthbert is an ancient parish which covered the area including what are now the separate parishes of Billingham, St Aidan and Wolviston.

The earliest parts of the church, including the tower and the nave, date from before the Norman Conquest.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42620&strquery=billingham extracted 25 April 2014

Catalogue Contents

Registration (Ref: EP/Bi 1/)Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 01)

1/1-2

Ref: EP/Bi 1/1

Register of baptisms, 4 October 1569 - post 12 August 1661; register of marriages, 13 April 1570 - 20 November 1670; register of burials, 25 February 1569/70 - 8 April 1662 List of books and vestments belonging to the church with details of later purchases, n.d.
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/2

Register of baptisms, 27 December 1662 - 23 September 1759; register of marriages, 25 March 1662 - 20 May 1754; register of burials, 10 July 1662 - 26 April 1781 Various memoranda of charitable bequests and benefactions, 1673 - 1686 Memorandum as to the expenses to be allowed to churchwardens, n.d. [17th century]
(1 volume, calf bound)

Registers of baptisms and burials (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 02)

1/3

Ref: EP/Bi 1/3

Register of baptisms, 6 December 1759 - 22 November 1812; register of burials, 1 May 1781 - 20 December 1812
(1 volume, calf bound)

Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 03)

1/4, 5 1/24/1-4

Ref: EP/Bi 1/4

Register of baptisms, 7 January 1813 - 17 December 1847
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/5

Register of baptisms, 2 January 1848 - 25 December 1929
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/24/1

Register of baptisms, 1 January 1930 - 12 April 1941
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/24/2

Register of baptisms, 13 April 1941 - 26 October 1949
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/24/3

Register of baptisms, 30 October 1949 - 29 December 1958
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/24/4

Regiser of baptisms, 28 December 1958 - 3 May 1981
(1 volume)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 03)

1/6-14, 1/25/1-8

Ref: EP/Bi 1/6

Register of marriages, 21 May 1754 - 11 October 1812; register of banns of marriage, 14 April 1754 - 2 June 1816
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/7

Register of marriages, 21 January 1813 - 10 June 1837
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/8

Register of marriages, 23 December 1837 - 4 January 1922
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/9

Register of marriages, 28 February 1922 - 13 March 1929
(1 vellum, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/10

Register of marriages, 14 March 1929 - 16 May 1932
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/11

Register of marriages, 16 May 1932 - 26 December 1935
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/12

Register of marriages, 26 December 1935 - 11 August 1940
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/13

Register of marriages, 15 August 1940 - 26 December 1946
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/14

Register of marriages, 28 December 1946 - 14 March 1953
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/25/1

Register of marriages, 18 March 1953 - 4 February 1961
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/25/2

Register of marriages, 25 February 1961 - 29 October 1966
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/25/3

Register of marriages, 26 November 1966 - 5 August 1972
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/25/4

Register of marriages, 12 August 1972 - 16 December 1978
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/25/5

Register of marriages, 30 December 1978 - 3 August 1985
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/25/6

Register of marriages, 3 August 1985 - 1 June 1991
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/25/7

Register of marriages, 8 June 1991 - 24 July 1999
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/25/8

Register of marriages, 31 July 1999 - 18 April 2009
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 04)

1/19-21, 23

Ref: EP/Bi 1/19

Register of banns of marriage, 1 March 1959 - 24 September 1961
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/20

Register of banns of marriage, 23 July 1978 - 24 January 1982
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/21

Register of banns of marriage, 17 January 1982 - 18 March 1990
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/23

Register of banns of marriage, 4 March 1990 - 21 September 2003
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 05)

1/15, 16, 1/26/1-4

Ref: EP/Bi 1/15

Register of burials, 1 January 1813 - 27 April 1843
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/16

Register of burials, 30 April 1843 - 7 March 1924
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/26/1

Register of burials, 18 July 1924 - 26 November 1936
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/26/2

Register of burials, 9 December 1936 - 13 October 1945
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/26/3

Register of burials, 20 October 1945 - 3 March 1950
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Bi 1/26/4

Register of burials, 6 March 1950 - 5 September 1957
(1 volume)

Registers of funerals (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 06)

1/22

Ref: EP/Bi 1/22

Register of funerals, 28 June 1962 - 9 September 1986
(1 volume, card bound)

Marriage licences (Ref: EP/Bi 1/section 08)

1/17

Ref: EP/Bi 1/17

Marriage licence of John Watson of Houghton-le-Spring and Mary Moon of Wolveston, 2 October 1826
(1 paper, printed form)



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