Shotley, St Andrew/St John: Records of baptisms 1675-1971,
marriages
1670-1991 and burials 1690-1960 are available at
Northumberland Collections
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.
Early Wesleyan Methodist chapels in this area belonged to Hexham W.M. Circuit.
Records for 1797-1836 can be seen at
Northumberland Collections
Service and
are included on the IGI.