Meldon Genealogical Records
Meldon Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Baptism records from people born in and around Meldon between 1706 and 1812. Lists the name of people's parent's and other details.
A printed register documenting the baptism of people in and around Meldon. They list parents' names - their occupations, residence and sometimes other details.
Browsable images of summaries of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.
Transcriptions of baptisms in Northumberland covering around 50% of Anglican parishes.
Meldon Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Marriage registers record Anglican marriages in Meldon. They are the primary marriage document before 1837 and contain the same details as marriage certificates from then on. They typically record residence and marital status, though may contain ages and father's names.
A printed book recording marriages solemnised at Meldon between 1706 AND 1812. Details may include residence, marital status and witnesses.
Browsable images of summaries of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.
An index to marriages from over 100 churches in the county of Northumberland.
Meldon Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Burial registers record burials that occurred at St John the Baptist, Meldon. They are the primary source documenting deaths before 1837, though are useful to the present. Details given may include the deceased's name, residence, age, names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial records covering those buried at St John the Baptist, Meldon_. This resource is an index and may not include all the details that were recorded in the burial registers from which they were extracted.
A book containing a transcription of the burial registers of Meldon. Burials are the primary source for death documentation before 1837. They may record the date and or death of the deceased, their age, residence, name of a relations and more.
Browsable images of summaries of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.
Meldon Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A wide collection of records, particularly those created by the government and church, such as electoral rolls, court of plea records, petty sessions and parish records.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1891 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Meldon
A searchable newspaper providing a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Newcastle upon Tyne district. Includes obituaries and family announcements.
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Newcastle upon Tyne area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
A searchable newspaper providing a rich variety of information about the people and places of the South Shields district. Includes obituaries and family announcements.
A newspaper containing shipping intelligence, local news and family announcements.
A local newspaper including news from the Morpeth district, business notices, family announcements, legal & governmental proceedings, advertisements and more.
Meldon Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to surviving wills, bonds and inventories proved by the Bishop of Durham's consistory court. The index contains name, occupation, residence, various dates and financial details.
Digital images, indexed by testor's name, of 28,716 wills, administrations, inventories and other probate documents. The records can shed light on an individual’s relations, possessions, land holdings, legal agreements and more. They cover various jurisdictions throughout the north of England.
An index to 263,822 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, year of probate, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
An index to 10,195 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, occupation, will & probate year, language, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
Meldon Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Meldon Military Records
A detailed history of the battalion in the early 20th century. It includes photos, biographical details, battle reports and more.
Details of over 94,000 soldiers of the regiment, including name, residence, date and place of enlistment, service number, rank, battalion and more.
A chronicle of happenings in the counties of Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire relating to the war in Europe. Contains much detail on ship building.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Details on around 165,000 men serving in the British Army, Navy and Air Force who were held as prisoners during WWII.
Meldon Court & Legal Records
A wide collection of records, particularly those created by the government and church, such as electoral rolls, court of plea records, petty sessions and parish records.
Transcriptions of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Digital images of ledgers recording those registered to vote, searchable by an index of 220 million names. Entries list name, address, qualification to vote, description of property and sometimes age and occupation.
Meldon Taxation Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
A compilation of records from the Court of the Exchequer primarily dealing with taxes and land. These records are in Latin.
Meldon Land & Property Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
Contains a register of Roman Catholic estates in Northumberland and the correspondence of Miles Stapylton, a Catholic from a gentry family.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Meldon Directories & Gazetteers
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A detailed directory of towns in the North East.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A directory listing phone with telephones in Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
Meldon Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Northumberland's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
An index to vital details engraved on 1000s of gravestones and other monuments across the county of Northumberland.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Meldon Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Meldon Histories & Books
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A database of over 15,000 images relating to the Tyne & Wear area. It includes postcards, photos, paintings, ceramics, monuments and more.
Two volumes detailing the history and geology of Northumberland and some of its parishes.
A chronicle of happenings in the counties of Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire relating to the war in Europe. Contains much detail on ship building.
Photographs and images of churches in Northumberland.
Meldon School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Meldon Occupation & Business Records
Photographs and other images of Northumberland & Durham collieries.
Profiles of collieries in the north of England, with employment statistics, profiles of those who died in the mines and photographs.
A searchable database of artifacts relating to the history of music in Northumberland.
Reports of mining distastes, includes lists of the deceased and photographs of monuments.
An introduction to smuggling on the east coast of England, with details of the act in various regions.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Meldon
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Meldon Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and descriptions of Northumberland's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Meldon Church Records
Documentation for those baptised, married and buried at Meldon. Parish registers can assist tracing a family as far back as 1706.
A printed book comprised of baptism, marriage and burial transcriptions from the registers of the church at Meldon. These records document relations between people, detail where they live and may offer other details such as occupations.
Browsable images of summaries of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.
A wide collection of records, particularly those created by the government and church, such as electoral rolls, court of plea records, petty sessions and parish records.
Contains a register of Roman Catholic estates in Northumberland and the correspondence of Miles Stapylton, a Catholic from a gentry family.
Biographical Directories Covering Meldon
Abstract biographies of people connected with mining in the North of England.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
Meldon Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
A number of maps of northern England with the locations of collieries plotted.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Meldon Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Historical Description
MELDON is a township and parish, on the river Wansbeck, with a station on the Wansbeck section of the North British railway, 6 miles west from Morpeth and 17 north from Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the Wansbeck division of the county, Morpeth ward, Morpeth petty sessional division, union and county court district, rural deanery of Morpeth, archdeaconry of Lindisfarne and diocese of Newcastle. The church of St. John, founded by Roger Bertram, of Mitford, in the 13th century, is a building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, vestry on the north side and a western turret containing 2 bells: the chancel is divided from the nave by a fine oak screen: the east window is stained and contains figures of St. John the Evangelist, St. Cuthbert and St. Oswald, and in other windows are shields of arms of the different families by whom the manor has been held, including the shield of Cambois: on the south side of the church is a tomb, with recumbent effigy, to Sir William Fenwick kt. ob. 1652, about whose mother, Margaret (Selby), commonly known as “Meg of Meldon,” there are various strange local legends: the church was repaired in 1733 at the cost of the trustees of Lord Crewe’s charity and others, and restored in 1849 by Isaac Cookson esq. then lord of the manor, and the Rev. James Raine, the eminent antiquary and sometime rector here: there are 120 sittings. The register dates from the year 1706. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value £240, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, and held since 1892 by the Rev. Richard Joseph Hepple L.Th, of University Gollege, Durham. Meldon Park, 1,000 acres in extent, is the residence of John Blencowe Cookson esq. J.P. who is also the proprietor of an extra-parochial district of 750 acres, the residents on which attend Meldon church; and is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The kennels of the Morpeth foxhounds are in this parish; John B. Cookson esq, master. Morpeth and Newcastle-on-Tyne are convenient places for hunting visitors. The soil is alluvial; the subsoil clay. The chief crops are grain and turnips. The area of the township is 1,019 acres; rateable value, £1,417; the population in 1891 was 149.
National School (mixed), built in 1872, for 60 children; average attendance, 26; supported chiefly by J. Blencowe Cookson esq. & the rector.
Most Common Surnames in Meldon
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Castle Ward |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott | 12 | 1:13 | 0.27% | 6 |
| 2 | Richardson | 10 | 1:16 | 0.36% | 15 |
| 3 | Reay | 9 | 1:18 | 1.36% | 95 |
| 4 | Bell | 8 | 1:20 | 0.18% | 5 |
| 4 | Eamens | 8 | 1:20 | 28.57% | 1,888 |
| 6 | Mason | 7 | 1:23 | 1.00% | 87 |
| 6 | Pringle | 7 | 1:23 | 0.74% | 61 |
| 8 | Dixon | 6 | 1:27 | 0.20% | 11 |
| 8 | Cookson | 6 | 1:27 | 18.18% | 1,666 |
| 8 | Coxon | 6 | 1:27 | 1.50% | 168 |
| 8 | Shield | 6 | 1:27 | 1.89% | 213 |
| 12 | Heap | 5 | 1:32 | 83.33% | 5,919 |
| 12 | Darling | 5 | 1:32 | 1.72% | 234 |
| 12 | Brittain | 5 | 1:32 | 20.83% | 2,120 |
| 15 | Robinson | 4 | 1:40 | 0.14% | 14 |
| 15 | Atkinson | 4 | 1:40 | 0.28% | 37 |
| 15 | Copland | 4 | 1:40 | 20.00% | 2,404 |
| 15 | Crozier | 4 | 1:40 | 1.67% | 293 |
| 15 | Evers | 4 | 1:40 | 28.57% | 3,116 |
| 15 | Thew | 4 | 1:40 | 4.08% | 679 |
| 21 | Thompson | 2 | 1:80 | 0.04% | 1 |
| 21 | Rogers | 2 | 1:80 | 0.56% | 192 |
| 21 | Davison | 2 | 1:80 | 0.10% | 23 |
| 21 | Codling | 2 | 1:80 | 2.22% | 734 |
| 25 | Evans | 1 | 1:160 | 0.46% | 322 |
| 25 | Jackson | 1 | 1:160 | 0.08% | 46 |
| 25 | Davis | 1 | 1:160 | 0.24% | 157 |
| 25 | Young | 1 | 1:160 | 0.04% | 16 |
| 25 | Kelly | 1 | 1:160 | 0.15% | 90 |
| 25 | Noble | 1 | 1:160 | 0.33% | 227 |
| 25 | Patterson | 1 | 1:160 | 0.06% | 28 |
| 25 | Ridley | 1 | 1:160 | 0.09% | 53 |
| 25 | Dent | 1 | 1:160 | 0.49% | 354 |
| 25 | English | 1 | 1:160 | 0.20% | 122 |
| 25 | Gosling | 1 | 1:160 | 6.67% | 2,972 |
| 25 | Cuthbert | 1 | 1:160 | 0.70% | 503 |
| 25 | Moor | 1 | 1:160 | 0.25% | 173 |
| 25 | McGill | 1 | 1:160 | 1.10% | 723 |
| 25 | McAllister | 1 | 1:160 | 1.32% | 871 |
| 25 | Bryce | 1 | 1:160 | 3.23% | 1,749 |
| 25 | Flack | 1 | 1:160 | 100.00% | 12,171 |
| 25 | Farrer | 1 | 1:160 | 3.70% | 1,938 |
| 25 | Snowball | 1 | 1:160 | 0.47% | 327 |
| 25 | Dinning | 1 | 1:160 | 0.59% | 423 |
| 25 | Howey | 1 | 1:160 | 0.43% | 295 |
| 25 | Lattimer | 1 | 1:160 | 5.00% | 2,404 |
| 25 | Wailes | 1 | 1:160 | 1.47% | 951 |
| 25 | Cullam | 1 | 1:160 | 100.00% | 12,171 |
| 25 | Baile | 1 | 1:160 | 50.00% | 10,374 |
| 25 | Mauday | 1 | 1:160 | 100.00% | 12,171 |