This entry, extracted from the Heddon-on-the-Wall parish burial register, refers to John Charlton. John died on the 4th March 1798 and was buried on the 6th March 1798 aged only 3 weeks.
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 Heddon-on-the-Wall parish are deposited with Northumberland Archives Service.
