This entry, extracted from the Ford parish baptism register 1858 - 1936, refers to Agnes, the daughter of Andrew and Margaret Smith of Ford. Andrew's profession is listed as a Gardener. The other entry on this page is the baptism of a son to a Chinese couple from Hong Kong, a very unusual entry indeed.
When a person is baptised an entry is made in the baptism register. Of particular interest are the baptism registers for the period 1798-1812. These are known as Bishop Barrington registers. Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, ordered that additional information should be recorded in the registers, for example, details about the parents and sometimes grandparents of the child being baptised. The baptism registers of - parish are deposited with Northumberland Archives Service.
