England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Middleton St George lies in southeastern County Durham, indeed it forms a part of the border with neighbouring Yorkshire, the River Tees here forming that border and the neighbouring parish of Sockburn having land in both counties. Middleton St George is located about 4 miles east of the industrial town of Darlington and sits just a mile south of the A67 road which connects Darlington with Teesside. Once a small riverside village Middleton St George has expanded greatly in recent times, a process helped by the creation of England's first rail line, the Stockton to Darlington line having a station in the northern part of today's village. Other modern developments include the construction of Teesside Airport which occupies much of the eastern portion of the parish and sits uncomfortably close to the ancient church. At the time of this transcript Middleton St George would have been a pastoral farming settlement grazing largely cattle on the fertile floodplain of the nearby Tees. The Tees drains the parish eastwards the relatively short distance through industrial Teesside to reach the North Sea through that river's estuary. Middleton St George is sited at around 30 metres above the sea with land rising gently away from the river for a little over 20 metres further within a couple of miles. Middleton St George parish was fairly typically sized for lowland Durham, it covered around 3,100 acres and would have supported a population of around 400 parishioners. In common with most of England north of the Tees, Middleton St George is not mentioned in Domesday Book which did not cover this area of the country. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 21st May 1754 - 4th June 1811 | Durham County Record Office - Reference - EP/Mi.SG 3 | Plain, ruled & bordered book containing combined Banns & Marriages | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 23rd November 1813 - 24th May 1837 | Durham County Record Office - Reference - EP/Mi.SG 5 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Dinsdale
St John the Baptist
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Egglescliffe
St John the Baptist
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Sockburn
All Saints
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Sockburn
All Saints
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Sockburn
All Saints
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