Muggleswick is an Ancient Parish in the county of Durham.
Other places in the parish include: Mugglewick Common and Rowley.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1784
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1765
Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MUGGLESWICK, a parish in the district and county of Durham; on the river Derwent, at the boundary with Northumberland, 3 miles WNW of Cold-Rowley r. station, and 8½ N by W of Wolsingham. Post-town, Consett, under Gateshead. Acres, 7,098. Real property, £1, 647. Pop. in 1851, 688; in 1861, 788. Houses, 157. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Durham.
An ancient hunting-seat of the priors of Durham stood here, in the valley of the Derwent; and a picturesque fragment of it still exists. A park, 3 miles long, and 2 miles wide, was enclosed, in the 13th century, by Prior Hugh An extensive upland tract, in the S and the SW, bears the name of Muggleswick Common. Lead ore, containing some silver, is plentiful. All the lead mines within 12 miles of Muggleswick church were granted for 21 years, by Charles I., to the Duke of Buckingham. The south-eastern border of the parish is traversed by the Stanhope railway, and shares in the mining industry of the Consett region.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church was rebuilt in 1728, and is substantial.
There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, and a parochial school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Durham, Muggleswick – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Burial and graves registers, Castleside, 1950-1998
Author: Castleside (Durhamshire)
Memorial inscriptions in Muggleswick church and churchyard
Monumental inscriptions of the church & churchyard of Muggleswick, County Durham
Author: Sobo, Muriel E.; Northumberland & Durham Family History Society
England, Durham, Muggleswick – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Muggleswick, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Durham, Muggleswick – Census – 1891 – Indexes ( 1 )
Index to the 1891 census piece RG12/4091, Conside and Knitsley (part), Blackhill (part), Healeyfield, Castleside, Muggleswick and Medomsley (part) in the registration sub-district of Consett, County Durham
Author: Williams, K.
England, Durham, Muggleswick – Church records ( 10 )
Baptisms, 1886-1900
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Castleside, Durhamshire)
Church records, 1786-1836
Author: Rowley Chapel (Muggleswick, Durhamshire : Particular Baptist)
Church records, 1786-1836
Author: Rowley Chapel (Muggleswick, Durhamshire : Particular Baptist)
England, Durham, All Saints, Muggleswick, parish registers, 1813-1950
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Muggleswick (Durham); Northumberland County Record Office (England)
England, Durham, Muggleswick, bishop’s transcripts, 1765-1854
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Muggleswick (Durham); Durham University Library
Monumental inscriptions of the church & churchyard of Muggleswick, County Durham
Author: Sobo, Muriel E.; Northumberland & Durham Family History Society
Parish chest material
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Muggleswick (Durham)
Parish chest records of Muggleswick, 1837-1861
Author: Muggleswick (Durham)
The parish registers of Muggleswick in the county and diocese of Durham : containing baptisms, marriages and burials from 1784-1812 [ie. 1783-1812]
Author: Fawcett, J. W.
Parish registers of Muggleswick, 1783-1903
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Muggleswick (Durham)
England, Durham, Muggleswick – Church records – Indexes ( 8 )
Computer printout of Muggleswick, Durham, Eng
Computer printout of Muggleswick, Rowley Chapel Particular Baptist, Durham, Eng
Marriage index for Pittington, Croxdale, Castle-Eden and Muggleswick, 1575-1846
Author: Rounce, W. E.
Muggleswick marriages, 1813-1838
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Muggleswick (Durham)
The parish registers of Muggleswick in the county of Durham : containing baptisms, marriages and burials, from 1794 to 1812
Author: Fawcett, J. W.; Church of England. Parish Church of Muggleswick (Durham)
Stanhope Deanery burial index, 1798-1812 : Edmundbyers, Hunstanworth, Muggleswick, St. John’s Chapel, Stanhope, Wolsingham
Author: Yellowley, Carol; Bell, George
Stanhope Deanery burials : 1813-1839
Author: Yellowley, Carol; Church of England. Parish Church of Edmondbyers (Durham); Church of England. Parish Church of Muggleswick (Durham); Church of England. Chapelry of Heatherycleugh; Church of England. Parish Church of Wolsingham (Durham)
Stanhope Deanery burials, 1798-1812
Author: Yellowley, Carol; Bell, George
England, Durham, Muggleswick – Land and property ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the township of Muggleswick, 1760-1830
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Durhamshire)
Parliamentary survey of Muggleswick – 1649
Author: Sobo, Muriel E.
England, Durham, Muggleswick – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the township of Muggleswick, 1760-1830
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Durhamshire)
Administration
- County: Durham
- Civil Registration District: Durham
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Durham
- Rural Deanery: Chester le Street
- Poor Law Union: Lanchester
- Hundred: Chester Ward
- Province: York