Roman Catholic Churches in County Durham

This section lists all the Roman Catholic Churches in County Durham for which the Record Office has registers, copies of registers or indexes. It includes:

Churches in the present county of Durham.
Churches formerly in County Durham (For example, Sunderland and Stockton).

The list also includes a small number of pre-1837 Northumberland and North Yorkshire churches for which the Record Office has indexes and, occasionally, copy registers.

Registers for those areas formerly in County Durham but now part of the areas administered by Gateshead Metropolitan Borough (for example, Winlaton, Ryton, Felling), South Tyneside Council (for example, South Shields, Jarrow, Hebburn) and Sunderland City Council (for example, Sunderland, Silksworth, Whitburn) are deposited at Tyne and Wear Archives Service.

Registers for those areas formerly in County Durham but now part of the areas administered by Hartlepool Borough Council (for example, Hartlepool, Seaton Carew) and Stockton Borough Council (for example, Stockton, Norton) are deposited at:

Teesside Archives
Exchange House
6 Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS1 1DB
UK
Tel: 01642 248321 (From UK) or +44 1642 248321 (From outside UK)

For each church listed below there is detailed information on the availability of registers and indexes.

All registers held in the Record Office are on microfilm and to see them you must reserve a microfilm reader. The original registers will not be made available to the general public.