Winlaton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Durham, created in 1832 from Ryton Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Chopwell.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1828
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1833
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Methodist New Connexion, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WINLATON, a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Gateshead district, Durham.
The village stands 1¼ mile SSW of Blaydon r. station; originated in extensive ironworks, removed to it, in 1690, from Sunderland, by Sir A. Crawley; carries on a great manufacture of anchors, anvils, chains, spades, edge-tools, files, and kindred articles; and has a post-office under Blaydon-on-Tyne, a mechanics’ institute, and a subscription library.
The township extends to the rivers Derwent and Tyne; and comprises 5,029 acres of land , and 82 of water. Real property, £18,226; of which £5,132 are in mines, £42 in quarries, £70 in fisheries, £210 in railways, and £30 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 5,627; in 1861, 6,809. Houses, 1,252. The increase of pop. arose from extension of collieries.
The parish includes Chopwell township, was part of Ryton parish till 1832, and comprises 8,261 acres. Pop. in 1851, 6,085; in 1861, 7,372. Houses, 1,354.
Winlaton manor is divided among four; and Chopwell manor belongs to the Marquis of Bute. Axwell Park forms a manor in itself, and is the seat of Sir W. Clavering, Bart. Works for refining lead are on the Tyne.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £265. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The church was built in 1828. A chapel of ease is at Chopwell.
There are four dissenting chapels and two national schools.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Durham, Winlaton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Winlaton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Durham, Winlaton – Church history ( 1 )
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)
England, Durham, Winlaton – Church records ( 10 )
Baptisms, 1845-1902
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Stella (Durham)
Births and baptisms, 1830-1837
Author: Providence Chapel (Winlaton, Durham : Independent)
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)
England, Durham, Winlaton, St. Paul’s Church, bishop’s transcripts, 1833-1850
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winlaton (Durham); Durham University Library
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, Winlaton – Church records – Indexes ( 8 )
Computer printout of Winlaton, Providence Chapel Independence, Durham, Eng
High Spen, St. Patrick’s burials
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of St. Patrick (Winlaton)
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)
Parish register printouts of Winlaton, Durham, England (Independent, Providence Chapel) ; christenings, 1830-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Pre 1837 non-Anglican marriages, Durham
Author: Bell, George; Yellowley, Carol
Winlaton baptisms, marriages & burials, 1828-1839
Author: Nicholson, Geoff
Winlaton, St. Paul baptism, marriage and burial index, 1828-1839 : registers indexed: EP/Win 1/1(part), 1/11, 1/12(part), 1/21 (part)
Author: Nicholson, Geoff
Winlaton, St. Paul, marriage index, 1838-1908
Author: Perkins, J.; Church of England. Parish Church of Winlaton (Durham)
England, Durham, Winlaton – History ( 1 )
History of the parish of Ryton : including the parishes of Winlaton, Stella, and Greenside
Author: Bourn, William
England, Durham, Winlaton – Land and property ( 2 )
England, Durham, Winlaton, deeds for the Winlaton Colliery, 1713
Author: Blagdon Estate (Northumberland); Northumberland County Record Office (England)
Land tax assessments for the township of Winlaton, 1760-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Durhamshire)
England, Durham, Winlaton – Schools ( 3 )
Log books, 1866-1901
Author: Winlaton Church of England School (Winlaton, Durham)
Log books, 1896-1926
Author: Rowlands Gill Council School (Winlaton, Durham)
Log books, 1901-1925
Author: Chopwell Colliary Board School (Chopwell, Durham)
England, Durham, Winlaton – Taxation ( 4 )
Land tax assessments for the township of Winlaton, 1760-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Durhamshire)
Rate book, 1853
Author: Winlaton (Durham)
Rate book, 1853; valuation list, 1869-1872
Author: Winlaton (Durham)
Tithe apportionments for Stella, 1838
Author: Great Britain. Tithe Commission
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