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Doddington St. Mary and St. Michael's Burial Register (1761 - 1812)

 

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Doddington St. Mary and St. Michael's Burial Register - Click for bigger imageThis entry, extracted from the Doddington parish burial register, refers to Ann Straughan. Ann died on the 5th July 1801 and was buried on the 7th July 1801 aged 2 years. 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 Doddington parish are deposited with Northumberland Archives Service.