Parochial Registers

If you are researching your family tree and wish to inspect the parish registers of St Helen's Low Fell the following may be of interest.

Many of our parochial registers and records are held, for safe keeping, by the "County Archivist & Diocesan Archivist" in Durham.The only registers retained in the parish are those currently in use.

If, in your research, you require information from any of the deposited registers please contact the Diocesan Archivist at

The County Record Office,
County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UL

(Telephone: +44 (0) 191 3833474)

For all other enquiries contact the vicar

 

TYPE OF REGISTER
PERIOD COVERED
REFERENCE
Wedding 11th June 1877 - 24th May 1920 EP/Ga'SH/1/5
Wedding 24th May 1920 - 22nd August 1934 EP/Ga'SH/1/6
Wedding 1st Spetember 1934 - 4th November 1944 EP/Ga'SH/1/7
Wedding 11th November 1944 - 19th March 1955 EP/Ga'SH/1/8
Wedding 25th March 1955 - 6th June 1970 EP/Ga'SH/1/9
Wedding 27th June 1970 - 20th September 1986 Contact Vicar
Wedding 27th September 1986 - present day Contact Vicar
     
Baptism 6th September 1876 - 27th October 1895 EP/Ga'SH/1/1
Baptism 4th November 1895 - 6th June 1909 EP/Ga'SH/1/2
Baptism 13th June 1909 - 2nd March 1932 EP/Ga'SH/1/3
Baptism 6th March 1932 - 5th May 1968 EP/Ga'SH/1/4
Baptism 19th May 1968 - 21st February 1993 Contact Vicar
Baptism 21st March 1993 - 10th December 2000 Contact Vicar
Baptism 21st January 2001 - present day Contact Vicar