Following Brian Pears' tips on using http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/ I started prospecting through the Bishop's Transcripts concerning the Parish of Ryhope. They seem to be a very promising vein of ancestors even if one or two of the colours prove to be pyrites. But they led to some questions that I hope some kind Lister may be able to answer. a) The BTs are for 1827 to 1859. Where could one look for records before and after that period? b) What happened in 1856 to change the records from the Chapelry of Ryhope to the Parish of Ryhope? c) How does a 'chapelry' differ from a parish? New word for me. d) The Abode of one family of interest is shown as 'Sunderland Ways'. Is that a hamlet, a road, or what? e) Could 'Wall House', Ryhope, be the name of a farm or farmhouse? f) What is a hurd, please? Is it a Northumbrian word? Didn't Burns use it? I hope that's not too many questions. Thank you Bruce Dodd, Ottawa

On 04/03/2010 04:13, Bruce Dodd wrote: > a) The BTs are for 1827 to 1859. Where could one look for records > before and after that period? > > b) What happened in 1856 to change the records from the Chapelry of > Ryhope to the Parish of Ryhope? > > c) How does a 'chapelry' differ from a parish? New word for me. Bruce A "chapelry" is a sort of branch church - in this case a branch of Bishopwearmouth, St Michael. It would have had it's own clergyman and its own area - but it operated under the control of the vicar of Bishopwearmouth. Chapelries tend to be set up in large parishes when settlements are established a long way from the parish church - they save the people in that settlement a long journey. Successful chapelries often eventually become parishes in their own right and become independent of their former "mother" church. So we had the huge parish of Bishopwearmouth, St Michael. A settlement grew at Ryhope, which was within the parish but a long way from the church, so in 1827 Ryhope, St Paul was built as a Chapelry within the parish with responsibility for a section of the parish around Ryhope. In 1856 Ryhope, St Paul and the area it served became a parish in its own right quite separate from Bishopwearmouth, St Michael. For pre-1827 records of Ryhope, see the records of Bishopwearmouth, St Michael - either BTs or original registers (on microfilm) at Durham Record Office or Tyne & Wear Archives. For post 1859 records of Ryhope see Ryhope St Paul original registers (on microfilm) at Durham Record Office or Tyne & Wear Archives. I can't help with the other queries. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer

Bruce, > f) What is a hurd, please? Is it a Northumbrian word? Didn't Burns > use it? A quick look at an online dictionary gave the following defintion: "the refuse or coarser parts of flax or hemp, separated in hackling" This is also given in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary as an alternative to hards. Regards, Russ _________________________________________________________________ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/

I'm guessing it is a misspelling of Herd - a person who looked after animals > >> f) What is a hurd, please? Is it a Northumbrian word? Didn't Burns >> use it? >>

Or maybe "Hind". Also looking after animals. Mike Temple, Spain. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Punshon" <punshon@sasktel.net> To: <northumbria@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [NMB] Parish of Ryhope > I'm guessing it is a misspelling of Herd - a person who looked after > animals > >> >>> f) What is a hurd, please? Is it a Northumbrian word? Didn't Burns >>> use it? >>> > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2721 - Release Date: 03/03/10 19:34:00