Many thanks Geoff Appreciate your time You have confirmed what I thought to be the case but wanted to be sure Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > Nivard: > > My information was taken from the 2nd edition of the National > Index > of Parish Registers, Vol XI Pt 1 (1984), Durham and Northumberland, > published > by the Society of Genealogists (ISBN 0 901878 66 9). The first edition > (1979) had been compiled by Charles Neat but he died before the second > edition > was called for, so that was compiled by the late Don Mason - with a > little help > from yours truly. Under Stanhope it indicates that the original records