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Falstone St. Peter's Burial Register (1802 - 1812)

 

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Falstone St. Peter's Burial Register - Click for bigger imageThis entry, extracted from the Falstone parish burial register, refers to Margaret Baty. Margaret died on the 18th April 1806 and was buried on the 21st April 1806 aged 82 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 Falstone parish are deposited with Northumberland Archives Service.