Durham Digest Indexes
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The information in the following table is extracted from the guide to Durham Quarterly Meeting registers compiled by Chris Pitt-Lewis.
DURHAM QUARTERLY MEETING
Summary of Meeting dates
| Constituent meeting | Monthly Meeting | Dates and changes |
| (Bishop) Auckland | Raby/Staindrop | ca1678-1820 (Shakerton Mtg renamed; to Darlington MM) |
| (Bishop) Auckland | Darlington | 1820-1832, 1834-1970, 2004/8-C21 (from Staindrop MM) |
| (North) Shields | Gateshead/Newcastle | 1668-1928 |
| Barnard Castle | Raby/Staindrop | 1668-1702/1710? |
| Benfieldside | Durham | 1758-1784 (formerly Derwentwater; to Newcastle MM) |
| Benfieldside | Gateshead/Newcastle | 1784-1813, 1839-1886 (from Durham MM) |
| Borrowby | Darlington | 1828-1838 (from Thirsk MM) |
| Brancepath | Durham | 1668-ca 1680, 1690-ca 1700 |
| Cotherstone | Raby/Staindrop | 1797-1820 (moved from Lartington; to Darlington MM) |
| Cotherstone | Darlington | 1820-C21 (from Staindrop MM) |
| Crathorne | Darlington | 1832-1840, 1855-1861 |
| Darlington | Stockton | 1668-1820 (to Darlington MM) |
| Darlington | Darlington | 1820-C21 (from Stockton MM) |
| Derwentwater | Durham | 1668-1758 (renamed Benfieldside) |
| Durham | Durham | 1668-1784 (to Newcastle MM) |
| Durham | Gateshead/Newcastle | 1784-1859, 1934-1941, 1948-C21 (from Durham MM) |
| Gateshead | Gateshead/Newcastle | 1668-1698 (meeting transferred to Newcastle) |
| Lartington | Raby/Staindrop | by 1674-1797 (meeting moved to Cotherstone) |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Gateshead/Newcastle | 1698-C21 (meeting transferred from Gateshead) |
| Norton | Stockton | 1798-1820 (to Darlington MM) |
| Norton | Darlington | 1820-1836, 1895-C21 (from Stockton MM) |
| Osmotherly | Darlington | 1836-1856, 1890-1962, 1994/2003-C21 |
| Raby | Raby/Staindrop | 1668-1772 (meeting moved to Staindrop) |
| Shakerton | Raby/Staindrop | 1668-ca 1678 (meeting renamed Auckland) |
| Shotton | Stockton | 1668-1762 (to Durham MM) |
| Shotton | Durham | 1762-1773/1784 (from Stockton MM) |
| South Shields | Gateshead/Newcastle | 1668-1696, 1890-1979 |
| Staindrop | Raby/Staindrop | 1772-1820 (meeting moved from Raby; to Darlington MM) |
| Staindrop | Darlington | 1820-1887, 1914-1962 (from Staindrop MM) |
| Stockton | Stockton | 1668-1820 (to Darlington MM) |
| Stockton | Darlington | 1820-1970 (from Stockton MM) |
| Sunderland | Gateshead/Newcastle | 1668-C21 |
| Wallnook | Durham | 1668-ca 1700 |
| Yarm | Stockton | by 1676-1820 (to Darlington MM) |
Acknowledgments
These transcriptions are the result of a great deal of hard work by many volunteers – members of the Quaker Family History Society. Some of them have made an enormous contribution, some quite a modest one, but all of them deserve your gratitude – without them this publication would not be available.
Liz Butler Michael Edmundson Margaret Wilmshurst
Chris Pitt-Lewis Richard Wilcockson Sheila Wilcockson
Howard Knight (Project Cordinator)
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Copyright
The copyright in the Digest Registers is vested in the Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain, whose cooperation and assistance in the preparation of these indexes has been invaluable.