Church Records

Simonburn, Northumberland

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Church of England Records.

• Simonburn, St Mungo: Records of baptisms, marriages and burials 1681-1959 are available at Northumberland Archives Service. Microfilm copies of marriages and burials for the period 1681-1851 can be seen at Tyne and Wear Archives Service. Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1760-1856 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 1681-1877 for this parish, but it is not included in Boyd's Marriage Index. Transcripts of baptisms, burials and marriages 1681-1851 for Simonburn are available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept., and these records have been published in microfiche form by Northumberland and Durham Family History Society (micrifiche PR204).
  
  
  • A photograph of Simonburn, St Mungo supplied by George Bell.
    
    
  • A photograph of St. Mungo's Church, Simonburn from Mirror Image.
    
    
• Humshaugh, St Peter: Records of baptisms 1818-1901, marriages 1862-1979 and burials 1819-1917 are available at Northumberland Archives Service. Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1818-1846 are deposited at Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham City. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) does not include this parish. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Humshaugh (microfiche TN73) 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 Humshaugh, St Peter supplied by George Bell.
    
    

Nonconformist Records.

• Early Wesleyan Methodist chapels in this area belonged to Hexham W.M. Circuit. Records for 1797-1836 can be seen at Northumberland Archives Service and are included on the IGI.
  
  

Adjacent Parishes.

• The following parishes are adjacent to Simonburn:- Birtley, Chollerton, Haltwhistle, Haydon Bridge, Newbrough, St John Lee, Warden, Wark.
  
  

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