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ALNWICK

The location of the Parish of Alnwick (shown in green).
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"Alnwick is the county town of Northumberland, 310 miles from London. Seated on the little river Alne, it is populous and well built. It has a fine market square, surrounded with piazzas. One of the old gates is still standing. There is an ancient castle near it, the seat of the Duke of Northumberland. Market, Saturday. Population, 6626." [From Barclay's Complete and Universal English Dictionary, 1842]

Cemeteries

• Burial Registers 1856-1945, Burials Grant Books 1858-1960, Headstone Inscriptions 1866-1883 and 1906-1945 for Alnwick Civil Cemetery are available at Northumberland Collections Service.
  
  

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Census

• The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN32) published by the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society may be of value to researchers interested in this parish.
  
  

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Church History

• The Ancestral Indexes website provides information about Denwick Chapel.
  
  

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Church Records

• Alnwick - Church Records - links and information.
  
  

Civil Registration

• This area is now within Northumberland North 2nd Registration District. Certificates of birth, death and marriage can be obtained from: Superintendent Registrar, Register Office, 6 Market Place, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1HP. If ordering certificates from a District Office, please note the following:
  
  
  1. The cost of a certificate is currently (from 1st April 2003) £ 7.00 - send a Sterling cheque payable to the Superintendent Registrar plus return postage or two International Reply Coupons;
  2. The G.R.O. (St Catherine's) Index references are of no value;
  3. For marriage certificates, the precise place of marriage must be given;
  4. Civil Registration in England and Wales began on July 1st 1837.
     
     

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Description and Travel

• 19th Century Views of Alnwick.
  
  
• Photographs of Alnwick from Les Bell's Northumberland Cam website.
  
  
• Photographs of Alnwick Castle and the town of Alnwick from Mirror Image.
  
  
• Photographs of Hulne Park from Mirror Image.
  
  
• Photographs of Alnwick from the FreeFoto.com website.
  
  
• The Alnwick Garden Project website.
  
  
• Northumberland County Council's Visitors' Guide to Alnwick District.
  
  
• The Northumberland Communities website includes pages relating to Alnwick. They provide "a range of learning resource material that reflects Northumberland's heritage, providing a base for studying the County's history. The website provides a starting point for understanding the development of communities in Northumberland. It also seeks to illustrate the range of sources for family and local history research that are available via Northumberland Archives Service."
  
  

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Gazetteers

• The section of The National Gazetteer (1868) relating to this parish - transcribed by Colin Hinson.
  
  

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History

• LNER Wartime Evacuation Documents N.EVAC 2 and N.EVAC 3 describing the arrangements for evacuating children from Newcastle and Gateshead to rural parts of Northumberland (including Alnwick), Co Durham, Yorkshire, Cumberland and Westmorland. The second document includes lists of schools with details of their places and times of departure and their destinations.
  
  

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Maps

• Alnwick - Maps - links and information.
  
  

Military Records

• A transcript of Denwick War Memorial provided by Ancestral Indexes.
  
  
• The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Museum is located in Alnwick Castle.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Alnwick Parish was part of Alnwick Poor Law Union. The Union Workhouse was located at Bondgate Without, Alnwick. Some records are held at Northumberland Collections Service, but these are of limited genealogical value.
  
  
• Peter Higginbotham has provided details and photographs of Alnwick Workhouse.
  
  

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