Winston Durham Family History Guide

Winston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Durham.

Other places in the parish include: Cleatland.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1572
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1777

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WINSTON, a parish, with W. village and Newsham hamlet, in Teesdale district, Durham; on the river Tees, and on the Barnard-Castle and South Durham railway, 6 miles E of Barnard-Castle. It has a post-office under Darlington, a r. station, and a one-arched bridge of 111 feet in span built in 1764.

Acres, 2,961. Real property, £3,290. Pop., 342. Houses, 60. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £534. Patron, the Bishop of D. The church was rebuilt in 1849. There is a parochial school. Bishop Burgess was a resident.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Durham, Winston – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Andrew, Winston, Co. Durham, monumental inscriptions
Author: McLee, Carol A.; Cleveland Family History Society

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

England, Durham, Winston – Church records ( 3 )
England, Durham, Winston, bishop’s transcripts, 1762-1845
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winston (Durham); Durham University Library

Parish registers, 1572-1954
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winston (Durham)

The registers of Winston, in the county of Durham : baptisms 1572-1812, marriages 1574-1812, banns 1754-1809, burials 1573-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winston (Durham); Edleston, A.; Porteus, Thomas Cruddas

England, Durham, Winston – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Winston, Durham, England

The registers of Winston, in the county of Durham
Author: Edleston, A.; Porteus, Thomas; Church of England. Parish Church of Winston (Durham)

Winston parish register
Author: Kenyon-Fuller, L. M.; Church of England. Parish Church of Winston (Durham)

England, Durham, Winston – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the township of Winston, 1784-1828
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Durhamshire)

England, Durham, Winston – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the township of Winston, 1784-1828
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Durhamshire)

Administration

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