England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Muggleswick lies in northwestern County Durham forming a short stretch of the border with neighbouring Northumberland. Muggleswick is a small place, little more than a hamlet which lies around 4 miles west of the industrial town of Consett. Muggleswick sits around a mile south of the B6278 road which connects Consett with Stanhope. This is an upland area, much of the land being open moorland used for sheep raising or for the modern day practice of driven grouse shooting. Industry was not missing here, the local rocks held rich deposits of lead, some containing silver, so much mining of the ore and some processing was done within the parish. As more than half the parish acreage was "waste" there was little farming, mostly pasturage with some arable in more benign spots. Much of the parish is drained northwards by a series of small fast-flowing burns which are all headed for the nearby River Derwent, here forming the boundary with Northumberland, the Derwent heads northeastwards to join the Tyne to the west of Newcastle before reaching the North Sea through the latter's estuary. Muggleswick is very much an upland area, the church is sited at 230 metres above the sea and land rises steadily westwards into the Pennines, local heights rise to over 400 metres on nearby Skaylock Hill. Muggleswick parish was extensive, covering almost 6,000 acres it would, however, had a sparse population covering just over 400 parishioners. Like most of Durham & Northumberland Muggleswick is not mentioned in Domesday Book which has few entries for this far north in England. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 16th February 1755 - 11th October 1779 | Durham University Library | Bishops Transcripts on loose-leaf folios | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 25th April 1784 - 23rd November 1812 | Durham University Library - Reference - DDR/EA/PBT/1/1 | Plain, unruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Fading of this register may result in one or two misreads |
3 | 12th June 1813 - 14th June 1837 | Durham University Library - Reference - DDR/EA/PBT/1/2 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Edmondbyers
St Edmund
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Edmondbyers
St Edmund
Shotley St Andrew, Northumberland |
Shotley
St Andrew, Northumberland
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Edmondbyers
St Edmund
Stanhope St Thomas |
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Stanhope
St Thomas
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Wolsingham
St Mary & St Stephen
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Lanchester
All Saints
Satley St Cuthbert |
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