Brignall Genealogical Records
Brignall 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.
A searchable database of 964,765 records, linked to original images of baptism registers. The records provide proof of parentage, occupations, residence and other details.
Digital images of baptism registers that can be searched by name. They record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth, and list the baptised's name, date of birth and/or baptism and parents' names. They may also list where the parents lived, their occupations and occasionally other details.
A growing index of births registered in the county. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
An index to 1,250,301 baptisms, linked to images of the original registers. These records will provide parents' names, residences, occupations and occasionally other details.
Brignall 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.
A Commonwealth marriage register covering marriages solemnised in the area around Richmondshire in Yorkshire. Records may list age and name of parents.
A searchable database of over 380,000 marriages, linked to original images of marriage registers. The records may include fathers' names, age, residence, occupations and more.
Digital images of marriage registers that can be searched by name. They contain written records of marriages and typically record the name of the bride and groom and date of marriage. They may also record occupations, residences, fathers' names, witnesses and other information about the marriage.
A growing index of marriages registered in the county. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
Brignall 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 records covering those buried at St Mary, Brignall_. 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 searchable database of 720,459 records, linked to original images of burial registers. The records may include date of burial and/or death, residence, age and other details.
Digital images of burial registers that can be searched by name. They contain records of burials, which typically occur a few days after death, and record the name of the deceased and date of death and/or burial. They may also list where the deceased lived, their age, names of relations, occupation and occasionally other details.
A growing index of deaths registered in the county. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
Brignall 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 tax on the county's wealthier residents, ordered by wapentake or liberty and settlement.
A name index to records recording taxes levied against owners of hearths in County Durham.
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.
Newspapers Covering Brignall
This fully searchable newspaper will provide a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Yorkshire district. Includes family announcements.
An illustrated, conservative newspaper with a national focus.
A regional newspaper including news from the Yorkshire area, family announcements, business notices, advertisements, legal & governmental proceedings and more.
A regional newspaper including news from the Yorkshire district, business notices, family announcements, legal & governmental proceedings, advertisements and more.
A chartist newspaper published in Leeds that focused on affairs in Northumberland, Yorkshire and Lancashire. The paper focuses on politics, but does contain a limited number of family announcements
Brignall 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 38,107 wills, searchable by name and including the testor's residence and occupation. The wills are from the records of Amounderness, Furness, Kendal and Lonsdale deaneries, within the Archdeaconry of Richmond.
A searchable index of testators connected to original images of their will and any probate documents. These records can help trace your Cheshire ancestors back to the 15th century.
A calendar of probate, admon and testamentary depositions from Chester Diocese. The latter, deposition, are sworn statements at testamentary trials.
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.
Brignall 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.
Brignall Military Records
A history of the militia, supplemented by lists of its officers.
A general history of the regiment, including biographies of its colonels.
Lists of officers by rank, regiment and name.
Biographies of hundreds of men who served as officers in The Green Howards, an infant regiment in the King's Division. Details given include parentage, date of birth, military career and later professional career.
A general history of the militia preceded by an overview of Yorkshire's military history since the conquest.
Brignall Court & Legal Records
Abstracts of records that detail land conveyances.
Transcriptions of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes.
Transcripts of 17,368 admission records, including name, gender, age, occupation, date of admission, cause of insanity, outcome of incarceration, date of leaving the institution and more.
A list of people executed in the county, including the date of the execution and details of their crime.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Brignall Taxation Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A transcription of the Lincolnshire section of the Domesday Book, which records land ownership, use and value in the late 11th century; and similar survey completed in 1118.
A tax on the county's wealthier residents, ordered by wapentake or liberty and settlement.
Brignall Land & Property Records
Extracts for North Riding settlements found in the Domesday book. Includes the modern & 11th century place name, land owners and details of later history.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
Abstracts of records that detail land conveyances.
Brignall Directories & Gazetteers
A directory of settlements in the riding detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A directory of the riding detailing its history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A directory outlining the history of settlements in the North and East Ridings and listing their commercial, private and professional residents.
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.
Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private residents..
Brignall Cemeteries
Vital details extracted from tombstones and other monuments.
An index to vital details from monuments at Old Church & St Mary, Brignall.
Photographs and descriptions of North Riding's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
An index to close to 150,000 names listed on gravestones in Yorkshire.
Photographs and descriptions of Durham's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Brignall 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.
Brignall Histories & Books
A general history of the area and its divisions.
Extracts for North Riding settlements found in the Domesday book. Includes the modern & 11th century place name, land owners and details of later history.
An English translation of Yorkshire domesday records. This transcripts details the county's landowners in 1086.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and images of churches in North Yorkshire.
Brignall 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.
Brignall Occupation & Business Records
A searchable book detailing the Yorkshire Rugby Football Union around the time of the Great War. Contains the names of many players and other persons associated with the sport.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
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.
Reports of mining distastes, includes lists of the deceased and photographs of monuments.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Brignall
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
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.
Brignall Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Photographs and descriptions of North Riding's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Pedigrees compiled from a late 16th century heraldic visitation of Yorkshire. This work records the lineage, descendants and marriages of families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Pedigrees compiled from a early 17th century heraldic visitation of Yorkshire. This work records the lineage, descendants and marriages of families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Brignall Church Records
Digital images of registers that record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth; marriages and burials. The registers can be searched by name and can help establish links between individuals back to the 16th century.
A list of 16th century Anglican clergy in the Diocese of Chester.
A transcription of a book recording early ordinations in the Diocese of Chester.
Digital images of baptism, marriage and burial registers from Church of England places of worship in Yorkshire.
Records recording teens and young adults commitment to the Christian faith.
Biographical Directories Covering Brignall
A listing of the prominent residents of the county of Yorkshire, giving details on family, education, careers, hobbies, associations and more. Also includes details on the county's government officials, military officers, members of parliament, religious leaders and demographics.
Biographies of hundreds of men who served as officers in The Green Howards, an infant regiment in the King's Division. Details given include parentage, date of birth, military career and later professional career.
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.
Brignall Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Profiles of settlements in Northumberland and Durham. Includes detailed modern maps and several different series of OS maps.
Digital images of maps covering the county.
An early 19th century map depicting settlements, major roads and rivers.
Details of archaeological sites in Durham and Northumberland. Includes information on trades, weapons, social history etc.
Brignall 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.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
BRIGNALL is a township, parish and village, pleasantly seated on the river Greta, which forms the Southern boundary, and is 4 miles south-south-east from Barnard Castle station on the Darlington and Kirkby Stephen section of the North Eastern railway and 18 west-south-west from Darlington, in the Richmond division of the Riding, wapentake of West Gilling, petty sessional division of Greta Bridge, union of Teesdale, county court district of Barnard Castle, rural deanery of Richmond North, archdeaconry of Richmond and diocese of Ripon. Brignall includes the “Morritt Arms” at Greta Bridge in the parish. Greta bridge, which crosses the river, here of considerable width, is a handsome structure, the stonework of which curves round to the south entrance gates of Rokeby Park, through which the Greta flows, discharging itself into the Tees: much of the scenery described in Sir Walter Scott’s poem is in this parish. The church of St. Mary, erected in 1833 -4 and consecrated 4 sept. 1834, is a plain edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting of quasi-chancel, embattled nave and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing one bell, formerly in the old church and inscribed, “Ave Maria gratia plena:” in 1892 the church was thoroughly restored, new-floored and reseated at a cost of £1,000, when a quasi-chancel, vestry and organ chamber were formed by the erection of carved oak screens; the oak reredos and stained east window were presented by Miss Easton of Layton Manor: there are 100 sittings. The ruins of the ancient church of the 12th century, situated on the bank of the Greta, still remain, and exhibit traces of Saxon work. A Roman altar, discovered on the same site, is now in the rectory garden. The register dates from the year 1588. The living is a rectory, net yearly value 250, including 62 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Ripon, and held since 1911 by the Rev. Anthony Wilkinson Sewart M.A. of St. John’s College, Cambridge. Henry Edward Morritt esq. of Rokeby Park, is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is of a mixed nature: the principal portion is pasture, and the other crops are oats and barley. The area is 3,104 acres of land and 17 of water; rateable value, £1,863; the population in 1911 was 115.
The children of this place attend the school at Rokeby.
Most Common Surnames in Brignall
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in West Gilling Wapentake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atkinson | 8 | 1:16 | 0.08% | 21 |
| 2 | White | 7 | 1:19 | 0.10% | 43 |
| 2 | Kirk | 7 | 1:19 | 0.32% | 213 |
| 2 | Tennet | 7 | 1:19 | 25.00% | 7,499 |
| 5 | Jackson | 6 | 1:22 | 0.04% | 8 |
| 5 | Anderson | 6 | 1:22 | 0.20% | 133 |
| 5 | Spencer | 6 | 1:22 | 0.13% | 78 |
| 5 | Oliver | 6 | 1:22 | 0.36% | 301 |
| 5 | Bowman | 6 | 1:22 | 0.79% | 645 |
| 5 | Longstaff | 6 | 1:22 | 1.36% | 1,090 |
| 5 | Errington | 6 | 1:22 | 6.98% | 3,650 |
| 12 | Moss | 5 | 1:26 | 0.27% | 275 |
| 13 | Ward | 4 | 1:33 | 0.04% | 15 |
| 13 | Nelson | 4 | 1:33 | 0.17% | 196 |
| 15 | Hardy | 3 | 1:44 | 0.09% | 129 |
| 15 | Bainbridge | 3 | 1:44 | 0.42% | 685 |
| 15 | Dowson | 3 | 1:44 | 0.55% | 891 |
| 15 | Holiday | 3 | 1:44 | 1.36% | 1,924 |
| 19 | McDonald | 2 | 1:66 | 0.14% | 357 |
| 19 | Clarkson | 2 | 1:66 | 0.07% | 156 |
| 19 | Dent | 2 | 1:66 | 0.17% | 435 |
| 19 | Alsop | 2 | 1:66 | 1.27% | 2,437 |
| 23 | Robinson | 1 | 1:131 | < 0.01% | 4 |
| 23 | Hall | 1 | 1:131 | 0.01% | 17 |
| 23 | Scott | 1 | 1:131 | 0.01% | 47 |
| 23 | Simpson | 1 | 1:131 | 0.01% | 27 |
| 23 | Foster | 1 | 1:131 | 0.01% | 35 |
| 23 | Barnes | 1 | 1:131 | 0.04% | 202 |
| 23 | Dawson | 1 | 1:131 | 0.01% | 46 |
| 23 | Nicholson | 1 | 1:131 | 0.02% | 71 |
| 23 | Lamb | 1 | 1:131 | 0.06% | 321 |
| 23 | Pritchard | 1 | 1:131 | 0.40% | 1,739 |
| 23 | Franklin | 1 | 1:131 | 0.29% | 1,317 |
| 23 | Firth | 1 | 1:131 | 0.01% | 36 |
| 23 | Spence | 1 | 1:131 | 0.05% | 235 |
| 23 | Crowther | 1 | 1:131 | 0.02% | 64 |
| 23 | Kidd | 1 | 1:131 | 0.15% | 710 |
| 23 | York | 1 | 1:131 | 0.43% | 1,852 |
| 23 | Buckle | 1 | 1:131 | 0.11% | 550 |
| 23 | Chilton | 1 | 1:131 | 0.49% | 2,050 |
| 23 | Beadle | 1 | 1:131 | 0.44% | 1,892 |
| 23 | Wrightson | 1 | 1:131 | 0.25% | 1,168 |
| 23 | Bayles | 1 | 1:131 | 0.83% | 2,963 |
| 23 | Gaines | 1 | 1:131 | 0.43% | 1,844 |
| 23 | Ansley | 1 | 1:131 | 11.11% | 15,484 |
| 23 | Whip | 1 | 1:131 | 4.17% | 8,268 |
| 23 | Hampster | 1 | 1:131 | 100.00% | 40,917 |