Ryton Durham Family History Guide

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Ryton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Durham.

Other places in the parish include: Crawcock, Greenside, Crawcrook, Ryton Woodside, Crawbrook, and Chopwell.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1581
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1765

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RYTON, a village, a township, and a parish in Gateshead district, Durham. The village stands on the river Tyne, adjacent to the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 9¼ miles W of Newcastle; was burnt by the Scots in 1297; is now a picturesque place and a seat of petty-sessions; and has a station on the railway, a post-office under Blaydon-on-Tyne, Durham, a stone cross erected in 1795, and fairs on 12 May and 11 Nov. The township comprises 1, 203 acres of land, and 99 of water. Real property, £7, 542; of which £3, 393 are in mines, and £67 in fisheries. Pop. in 1851, 739; in 1861, 1, 140. Houses, 207. The increase of pop. arose from extension of collieries.

The parish contains also the townships of Ryton-Woodside, Crawcrook, and Stella; and comprises 5, 581acres. Pop. in 1851, 2, 757; in 1861, 3,052. Houses, 594. The property is subdivided. Stella Hall is the seat of P E. Townley, Esq.; and there are several handsome villas. A house at the W end of the village includes fine Norman arches and mouldings, brought hither in 1862, by Archdeacon Thorp, from an old church in Durham. Limestone is quarried; and iron and steel are worked.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £956. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church is chiefly early English; was recently restored; and has a tower and spire 108 feet high. The parsonage is a fine old Tudor edifice. A tumulus, 20 feet high, is in a wood to the N. The rectory of Stella is a separate benefice. An Independent chapel, in the early English style, was built at Ryton in 1862. Two Methodist chapels, a slightly endowed school, and charities £21, also are at Ryton; and a Roman Catholic chapel is in Stella. Bishop Secker was rector.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Registers

Ryton Marriages 1581-1812

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Durham, Ryton – Cemeteries ( 5 )
Burial and graves registers from Ryton Cemetery, 1884-1998
Author: Ryton Cemetery (Ryton, Durham)

Burials, Ryton, Holy Cross, Dec. 1581 to Dec. 1659
Author: Poll, I. M.

Dedications inside the church of St Hilda’s Hedgefield
Author: Fletcher, Andrew D.

Monumental inscriptions in Ryton
Author: Nicholson, G.; Ryton Heritage Group

Ryton Holy Cross churchyard : formerly County Durham, now Tyne and Wear : epitaphs
Author: Heritage Group, Ryton and District; Northumberland & Durham Family History Society

England, Durham, Ryton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ryton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Durham, Ryton – Church history ( 4 )
Annals of a country church
Author: Hopley, Robert A.; Ryton Congregational Church

Lanehead Wesleyan Chapel : a celebration of one hundred years of Methodist worship at Ryton Lanehead Church, 1881-1981
Author: Rippeth, N. G.

Parish magazines, 1904-1910 : Ryton, Greenside, Stella (Blaydon), Winlaton (1904) only
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ryton (Durham); Church of England. Parish Church of Winlaton (Durham); Church of England. Chapelry of Stella (Durham); Church of England. Parish church of Greenside (Durhamshire)

Two centuries and a half of Free Church life at Ryton-on-Tyne
Author: Rae, Hugh Rose

England, Durham, Ryton – Church records ( 10 )
Baptisms, 1845-1902
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Stella (Durham)

Church rate, 1867
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ryton (Durham)

Church records, 1892-1992
Author: Catholic Church. St. Agnes’ (Crawcrook, Durham)

England, Durham, Ryton, bishop’s transcripts, 1765-1867
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ryton (Durham); Durham University Library

England, Durham, Stella, bishop’s transcripts, 1847
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Stella (Durham)

New Connexion records for Winlaton, Ryton and others, 1885-1901
Author: Methodist Church. Blaydon Circuit (Durhamshire)

Parish magazines, 1904-1910 : Ryton, Greenside, Stella (Blaydon), Winlaton (1904) only
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ryton (Durham); Church of England. Parish Church of Winlaton (Durham); Church of England. Chapelry of Stella (Durham); Church of England. Parish church of Greenside (Durhamshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1581-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ryton (Durham)

Parish registers for Stella, 1845-1956
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Stella (Durham)

The registers of Ryton, in the county of Durham : marriages, 1581-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ryton (Durham); Baily, Johnson

England, Durham, Ryton – Church records – Indexes ( 7 )
Computer printout of Ryton, Durham, England

Marriage index, Ryton, 1581-1837; Winlaton, 1833-1837
Author: Rounce, W. E.; Church of England. Parish Church of Ryton (Durham); Church of England. Parish Church of Winlaton (Durham)

Pre 1837 non-Anglican marriages, Durham
Author: Bell, George; Yellowley, Carol

Ryton baptisms, marriages & burials, 1813-1839
Author: Nicholson, Geoff; Church of England. Parish Church of Ryton (Durham)

Ryton Congregational Church, baptism index, 1857-1890, marriages index, 1859-1940
Author: Harding, D.

Ryton, Holy Cross baptisms, marriages and burials index, 1813-1839 : (register indexed: EP/Ryt 1/10, 1/11(part), 1/20, 1/21(part), 1/26, 1/27(part))
Author: Nicholson, Geoff

Ryton, Holy Cross, marriage index, 1837-1893
Author: Perkins, A., Mrs.; Church of England. Parish Church of Ryton (Durham)

England, Durham, Ryton – History ( 1 )
History of the parish of Ryton : including the parishes of Winlaton, Stella, and Greenside
Author: Bourn, William

England, Durham, Ryton – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the township of Ryton, 1760-1830
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Durhamshire)

England, Durham, Ryton – Manors – History ( 1 )
The manor of Winlaton
Author: Gibson, William W., Sir

England, Durham, Ryton – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Burial board rate book, 1899
Author: Stella (Durham); Whickham (Durham)

England, Durham, Ryton – Public records ( 1 )
Highway surveyors account book, 1838-1863
Author: Crawcrook (Durham)

England, Durham, Ryton – Schools ( 2 )
Infants’ school log books, 1879-1926
Author: Stargate Colliery School (Stargate, Durham)

Log books, 1875-1926
Author: High Spen Board School (High Spen, Durham)

England, Durham, Ryton – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the township of Ryton, 1760-1830
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Durhamshire)

Tithe apportionments for Stella, 1838
Author: Great Britain. Tithe Commission

England, Durham, Ryton-Woodside – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ryton-Woodside, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Durham, Ryton-Woodside – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the township of Ryton-Woodside, 1760-1830
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Durhamshire)

England, Durham, Ryton-Woodside – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the township of Ryton-Woodside, 1760-1830
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Durhamshire)

Poll Books

Durham Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Durham
  • Civil Registration District: Gateshead
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Durham
  • Rural Deanery: Chester le Street
  • Poor Law Union: Gateshead
  • Hundred: Chester Ward
  • Province: York