England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Wallsend lies in the extreme southeast of Northumberland, indeed it forms part of the border with neighbouring County Durham. Wallsend is located about 3 1/2 miles east of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and sits on the northern banks of the River Tyne close to its mouth and the North Sea. Many A-class roads pass through the parish, the principal east to west running roads being the A193 & 187 both connecting Newcastle with the port of Tynemouth. More modern communications cross the parish, the Tyne & wear Metro having an east to west line also and just east of Wallsend the Tyne Road Tunnel brings the a19 across from County Durham. Wallsend parish included not just the large village of Wallsend but also the townships of Howden Pans & Willington, more than half the population lived outwith the village. Wallsend receives its name from it marking the eastern end of Hadrian's wall and the Roman port & station of Segedunum which received supplies from the wider Roman Empire and passed them to maintain the garrisons along the wall. Today little remains above the surface of these Roman features although the cross-country Hadrian's Wall trail does end at the site of Segedunum. Wallsend largely made its living through industry despite the good quality soils maintaining an arable farming community too. Coal mining, ship building & ancillary trades such as rope making as well as manufactories for earthenware and copperas provided major sources of income. Today Wallsend is contiguous with the great Tyneside metropolis, there being no gap between Wallsend and Newcastle upon Tyne. As a coastal settlement small streams and drains lead the short distance to the Tyne Estuary and the North Sea. Wallsend is sited at between sea level and 25 metres above it, the wider area is of only moderate gradient rising to local heights of around 60 metres or so within a few miles. Wallsend parish was fairly typically sized for the area, it covered just over 2,000 acres, its population was increasing rapidly through the period of this transcript from fewer than 1,000 folk at the start of the transcript period it had grown to 3,100 by 1801, to 10,500 by 1871 and reached over 50,000 by the middle of the 20th century. In common with most of Northumberland there is no mention of Wallsend in Domesday Book which did not cover this area of England. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 18th May 1754 - 3rd June 1809 | Northumberland Archives - Reference - EP/44/8 | Plain, ruled & margined 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 | The use of "white-space" to segregate entries is not especially good making for a slight possibility of accidental omission |
2 | 14th June 1809 - 28th December 1812 | Northumberland Archives - Reference - EP/44/9 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
3 | 9th January 1813 - 6th November 1830 | Northumberland Archives - Reference - EP/44/10 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
4 | 7th November 1830 - 24th June 1837 | Northumberland Archives - Reference - EP/44/11 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Longbenton
St Bartholomew
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Longbenton
St Bartholomew
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Tynemouth
Holy Saviour
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Longbenton
St Bartholomew
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Tynenmouth
Holy Saviour
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Longbenton
St Bartholomew
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Jarrow St
Paul, Durham
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Jarrow
St Paul, Durham
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