Haughton le Skerne Durham Family History Guide

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Haughton le Skerne is an Ancient Parish in the county of Durham.

Other places in the parish include: Coatham Muneville, Sadberge, Morton Palms, Haughton, Great Burdon, Whessoe, Coatham Mundeville, Burdon, Brampton, and Barmpton.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1569
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1765

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Haughton le Skerne Parish Registers

Baptism Records

Haughton le Skerne Baptisms 1763-1836

Haughton-le-Skerne Baptisms 1798-1839

Sadberge Baptisms 1762-1859

Marriage and Banns Records

Haughton le Skerne Marriages 1763-1836

Haughton-le-Skerne Marriages 1798-1839

Sadberge Marriages 1787-1877

Death and Burial Records

Haughton le Skerne Burials 1876-1901

Sadberge Burials 1762-1859

Bishops Transcripts

Explore the Bishops’ Transcripts for the Diocese of Durham (1639–1919) – This collection offers parish register copies submitted annually to the Bishop, covering baptisms, marriages, and burials across Durham, Northumberland, and parts of Yorkshire and Cumberland. Ideal for tracing ancestors when original registers are missing or incomplete.

Haughton le Skerne Bishops Transcripts 1765-1882

Sadberge Bishops Transcripts 1762-1859

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HAUGHTON-LE-SKERNE, a village, a township, and a parish, in Darlington district, Durham. The village stands on the river Skerne, near the Northeastern and the Darlington and Stockton railways, 1½ mile NE of Darlington; is a considerable place; and has a bridge over the Skerne, and a post-office under Darlington. The township comprises 1,898 acres. Real property, £3,914. Pop. in 1851, 474; in 1861, 536. Houses, 125.

The parish contains also the townships of Coatham-Mundeville, Whessoe, Brampton, Morton-Palms, Great Burdon, and Sadberge. Acres, 10,301. Real property, £10,395. Pop. in 1851, 1,403; in 1861, 1,473. Houses, 310. The property is much subdivided. Haughton Hall and Red Hall are chief residences. A great battle was fought at Haughton Bridge, and an ancient causeway goes thence to Lingfield Lane.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £1,000. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church is ancient, with a tower; has a Norman door and chancel arch; contains old oak stalls and two brasses; and was reported, in 1859, as not good. A chapel of ease was built, in 1865, in Coatham-Mundeville; and is a handsome edifice, in the early English style. The vicarage of Sadberge is a separate benefice. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £5. Bishop Butler was rector.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

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