Blanchland, St Mary: Records of baptisms 1753-1995, marriages
1753-1977,
1980-1990 and burials 1753-1995 are available at
Northumberland Archives
Service.
Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1770-1876 are deposited at Durham
University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham
City. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1753-1875
and marriages 1753-1877 for this parish, but it is not included in Boyd's
Marriage Index. Transcripts of baptisms, burials and marriages 1753-1851 are
available at Newcastle
Central Library, Local Studies
Dept. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Blanchland (microfiche TN75)
is published by
Northumberland and
Durham Family History Society and these records are also available in book
form at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Department.
Early Wesleyan Methodist chapels in this area belonged to Hexham W.M. Circuit.
Records for 1797-1836 can be seen at
Northumberland Archives
Service and
are included on the IGI.