Church records for Biddlestone Hall/Chapel

[Familyhistory]

Thank you!

Melissa

[Tessy]

Hi Melissa

I just saw Michael's post to you and your reply that you hadnot seen many things online for the Soulsby/Selby families. If you go to http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyNorthumberland.htm you can go to Rothbury, type in Soulsby or Selby and you wil get a list with dates of baptisms or marriages - youcan see Elizabeth Soulsby's baptism in 1771 and her father is stated as William. You can do the same for Biddlestone Hall from the same site. Hope this is of help.

[Familyhistory]

Thank you for the tip!!

Melissa

[EVMcPherson]

Dear Melissa: I live a mile from Biddlestone and walk at the estate every day. Some Selbys are buried in Alwinton Church, a Church of England Church at the head of the valley here. The last Selby men apparently had a disagreement with the vicar at Alwinton and are buried on Selby land facing the entrance drive to the old House.  A link to some Selby graves at Alwinton is here: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2609604/memorial-search?firstname=&middlename=&lastname=Selby&cemeteryName=St+Michael+and+All+Angels+Churchyard&birthyear=&birthyearfilter=&deathyear=&deathyearfilter=&memorialid=&mcid=&linkedToName=&datefilter=&orderby=r&plot=
The Chapel at Biddlestone is still consecrated (Catholic) and opens a few times a year, and is well attended.  Records for Northumberland are held at Woodhorn, a former mining site at Ashington in South East Northumberland, including parish records. There are some professional researchers you can commission to undertake research for you. I'd suggest contacting Woodhorn: https://www.northumberlandarchives.com/services/family-history/ All the best, Elspeth