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Hexham St. Andrew's Burial Register (1709 - 1734)

 

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Hexham St. Andrew's Burial Register - Click for bigger imageThis entry, extracted from the Hexham parish burial register, refers to Mary wife of Wm [William] Stokoe; Glover. Mary was buried on the 2nd January 1732/3. When a person is buried an entry is made in the burial register. Of particular interest are the burial registers of the period 1798-1812. These are known as Bishop Barrington registers. Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, ordered that additional information should be recorded, for example, a person's age and occupation when they died. Burial registers of Hexham parish are deposited with Northumberland Archives Service.