DURHAM TOWNS:

There are now enough Durham families that to list each individually is less helpful than looking at the places that they lived and worked. So here are some of the Sedgwick 'hot spots' in the county - not all the areas are shown at the moment To see the area by family go here.

Bishop Wearmouth

A large family

Chester le Street

A large family

Darlington

Sometimes included in Yorkshire

Denton

One of the ancient roots for Sedgwicks

Egglescliffe

Just one family

Eldon

Roots in Yorkshire

Haughton le Side

Possible links to Manfield and the catholic Sedgwicks

Houghton le Spring

A large group of Sedgwicks

Hutton Henry

Home of one of the catholic Sedgwick families

Merrington

One family so far

Middleton

One family so far

Monk Hesledon

Another catholic family

Raby cum Keverstone

Links to Ingleton and Middlesbrough

Staindrop

Another Sedgwick root

Stanhope

First Sedgwick baptism in 1663

Stockton

Two families on the site

Sunderland

Baptims from 1719 on the IGI

Tudhoe

Extensive parish records on the internet

Wolsingham

A farming family

INTERNET RESOURCES: 2 very useful sites

Durham Records Online

Free searches on the records

Durham Record Office

A lot of Sedgwick / Sidgwick references

IGI ENTRIES: 1667 (Births 1074, Marriages 489, Deaths 104)

1861 CENSUS: 269 Resident Sedgwicks, 53 families, 65 'strays'

1871 CENSUS: 356 Resident Sedgwicks, 70 families, 44 'strays'

1881 CENSUS: 395 Resident Sedgwicks, 80 families, 50 'strays'

1891 CENSUS: 342 Resident Sedgwicks, 67 families, 57 'strays'

1901 CENSUS: 470 Resident Sedgwicks, ? families, 73 'strays'

CIVIL REGISTRATION DISTRICTS:

Auckland, Belford, Berwick, Chester le Street, Darlington, Durham, Easington, Easingwold, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Houghton le Spring, Lanchester, Middlesbrough, Morpeth, Sedgefield, South Shields, Stockton, Sunderland, Teesdale, Weardale

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ABOUT BRITISH SEDGWICKS TO

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