GENUKI: Church Records - Chollerton, Northumberland Genealogy

Chollerton, St Giles: Records of baptisms 1647-1959, marriages 1664-1991 and burials 1664-1995 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1769-1868 are deposited at Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham City. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1643-1875 and marriages 1664-1877 for this parish, and Boyd's Marriage Index includes marriages 1648-1814 and banns 1751-1814. Transcripts of baptisms 1643-1815 and marriages and burials 1643-1851 are available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Chollerton (microfiche TN80) 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.
A photograph of Chollerton, St Giles supplied by George Bell.

Swinburne (Roman Catholic) - Records of baptisms 1828-1859, marriages 1830-1845 and deaths 1833-1849 are available at Northumberland Collections Service..
Early Primitive Methodist chapels in this area belonged to Hexham P.M. Circuit. Records for 1824-1837 are included on the IGI. (listed as Bull Bank or Bethania Chapel).

The following parishes are adjacent to Chollerton:- Birtley, St John Lee, Simonburn, Thockrington.