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Bellingham St. Cuthbert's Burial Register (1684 - 1812)

 

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Bellingham St. Cuthbert's Burial Register - Click for bigger imageThis entry, extracted from the Bellingham parish burial register, refers to Mary Robson. Mary died on the 4th November 1806 and was buried on the 7th November 1806 aged 21 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 Bellingham parish are deposited with Northumberland Archives Service.