Egglescliffe Durham Family History Guide

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Egglescliffe, an Ancient Parish and civil parish in the county of Durham.

Other places in the parish include: Eaglescliffe, Aislaby, Urlay Nook and Newsham

Alternative names: Eaglescliffe

Parish church: St. John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1539
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1763

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

EGGLESCLIFFE NEAR STOCKTON YARM COUNTY DURHAM
EGGLESCLIFFE NEAR STOCKTON YARM COUNTY DURHAM

Egglescliffe Parish Registers

Baptism Records

Egglescliffe Baptisms 1538-1839

Marriage and Banns Records

Egglescliffe Marriages 1538-1839

Marriage Licences and Allegations

London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869

The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.

Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.

Hall, Lodowick, gent., of St. Vedast alias Foster, bachelor, about 19, consent of his father, Christopher Hall, esq., of Newsham, in bishoprick of Durham, and Mary Blincoe, spinster, about 17, her parents dead, consent of her guardians, William Downhall and Jeffery Palmer, executors of the will of her father, George Blincoe, deceased — at St. Faith or St. Mary, Islington. 23 Nov. 1639. B. 

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887

Parish History

Egglescliffe

Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895

Eaglescliffe or Egglescliffe, a village, a township, and a parish in Durham. The village stands at the verge of the county, on a lofty promontory overhanging the river Tees, opposite Yarm, 4 miles SSW of Stockton-on-Tees; takes its name, which signifies “the fortress-hill,” from the character of its site; and commands a beautiful view of the winding Tees and the Cleveland Hills.

Some authorities are of opinion that the name is derived either from, (1) The Church Hill-ecclesia, church; (2) Eglws, a Saxon chief; or (3) the Eagle’s Hill or Gliffe, eagles being formerly known in these parts.

There is a post and telegraph office at Eaglescliffe Junction, the station on the N.E.R.; money order office, Yarm. The township includes the village and the hamlet of Urlay Nook, and comprises 1547 acres; population, 791. There are paper mills in this township.

The parish contains also the townships of Aislaby and Newsham, and its post town is Yarm. Population, 965. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham; value, £590 with residence. The church is ancient, contains effigies of two knights, and is good. West, the Bishop of Ely, and Basire, the Oriental missionary, and chaplain successively to Charles I. and II., were rectors.

Source: The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895 by Brabner, John Henry Fryden

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EAGLESCLIFFE, or Egglescliffe, a village, a township, and a parish in Stockton district, Durham. The village stands at the verge of the county, on a lofty promontory overhanging the river Tees, opposite Yarm, between Preston Junction and Yarm r. stations, 4 miles SSW of Stockton-on-Tees; takes its name, which signifies “the fortress-hill,” from the character of its site; and commands a beautiful view of the winding Tees and the Cleveland hills.

The township includes the village, and comprises 1, 570 acres. Real property, £3, 715; of which £25 are in fisheries. Pop., 496. Houses, 111. The parish contains also the townships of Aislaby and Newsham; and its post town is Yarm. Acres, 4, 821. Real property, £6, 609. Pop., 698. Houses, 146. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £1, 049. Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church is ancient; contains the effigies of a knight, and is good. Charities, £6. West, the Bishop of Ely, and Basire, the oriental missionary, were rectors.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

EAGLESCLIFFE (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Stockton, S. W. division of Stockton ward, S. division of the county of Durham; containing 628 inhabitants, of whom 443 are in the township.

This place, called also Egglescliffe (Clivus Ecclesiæ), Aggercliffe, Aixcliffe, Egesclyve, &c., was the scene of a skirmish in the parliamentary war, between the royalist army, which was stationed here, and that of the parliamentarians, which occupied the neighbouring town of Yarm; several of the inhabitants were killed, and Dr. Isaac Basire, rector of the parish and chaplain to the king, was taken prisoner and confined in the castle of Stockton.

The parish comprises the townships of Eaglescliffe, Aislaby, and Newsham, and contains 4821 acres; the soil is a good clay, the surface undulated, and the scenery in many situations picturesque.

It is separated by the river Tees from the market-town of Yarm, in the county of York; and a handsome bridge of stone, replacing one of iron which fell down before it was completed, in 1806, affords facility of communication between the two places. An ancient stone bridge of five arches, widened after the fall of the iron bridge, still remains. The Stockton and Darlington railway has a branch here, with several depôts for coal.

The village occupies an elevated point of land, half surrounded by the windings of the Tees, and the prospect from it embraces much fine scenery, including two reaches of the river, and the town of Yarm. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £28. 17. 1., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham: the tithes have been commuted for £624. 15. 4., and there are 203 acres of glebe.

The church, which stands on an eminence on the banks of the Tees, is of the later English style, and consists of a nave, chancel, and tower; the chancel is fitted up with stalls, and a fine oak screen separates it from the nave: under an arched canopy is a tomb of a Knight Templar in chain armour, in a very perfect state; and in the same recess are an old edition in black letter of Bishop Jewel’s Apology, and a copy of the works of Charles I., both secured with chains.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Aislaby

Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895

Aislaby, a village and a township in Eaglescliffe parish, Durham, on the Tees river, near the Stockton and Darlington railway, 2 miles W by N of Yarm station on the N.E.R. Acreage, 1836; population, 95.

Source: The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895 by Brabner, John Henry Fryden

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

AISLABY, a township in Eaglescliffe parish, Durham; on the Tees river, near the Stockton and Darlington railway, 1¼ mile W by N of Yarm. Acres, 2,260. Real property, £2,894. Pop., 152. Houses, 28.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

AISLABY, a township, in the parish of Eaglescliffe, union of Stockton, S. W. division of Stockton ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 1¼ mile (W. by N.) from Yarm; containing 128 inhabitants.

There was anciently a chapel dedicated to St. Thomas the Martyr, which was founded by William de Aslakby (now Aislaby) and Agnes his wife, in 1313; and the place was for several generations the residence of the family of Pemberton, whose mansion has been converted into an inn and several other tenements.

The township is pleasantly situated on the northern bank of the Tees, by which it is separated from Yorkshire.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Newsham

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NEWSOM, or Newsam, a township in Eaglescliff parish, Durham; on the river Tees, at the boundary with Yorkshire, and opposite Yarm. Acres, 1,054. Pop., 50. Houses, 7. It formerly had a chapel.

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

Maps

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Administration

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