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Woodhorn St. Mary's General Register (1749 - 1812)

 

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Woodhorn St. Mary's General Register - Click for bigger imageThis entry, extracted from the Woodhorn parish general register, which included Lynemouth, refers to Robert Shanks. Robert was buried on the 31st November 1762. 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 Woodhorn parish are deposited with Northumberland Archives Service.