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ANCROFT

The location of the Parish of Ancroft (shown in green).
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"ANCROFT PAROCHIAL CHAPELRY. Consists of the four townships of Ancroft, Cheswick, Haggerston, and Scremerston, and the three villages of Ancroft, Cheswick, and Greensis, the joint populations of which, in 1801, amounted to 1144, in 1811 to 1236, and, in 1821, to 1378 persons, comprising 266 families, living in 255 houses, which, with the other buildings and lands in the chapelry, were estimated, in 1823, for the Durham county rate, at the annual value of £10,542 10s." [From History, Directory, and Gazetteer of the counties of Durham and Northumberland, Parson and White, 1828]

Census

• The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN25) 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

• Ancroft, St Anne:- The Ancestral Indexes website provides information under the headings Church and Monumental Inscriptions. The site also provides information about Scremerston, St Peter.
  
  

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Church Records

• Ancroft - Church Records - links and information.
  
  

Civil Registration

• This area is now within Northumberland North 1st Registration District. Certificates of birth, death and marriage can be obtained from: Superintendent Registrar, Register Office, Berwick Community Centre, 5 Palace Street East, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 1HT. 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

• Photographs of Cheswick Sands from Les Bell's Northumberland Cam website.
  
  
• The Northumberland Communities website includes pages relating to Ancroft and Scremerston. 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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Maps

• Ancroft - Maps - links and information.
  
  

Military Records

• A transcript of Ancroft War Memorial provided by Ancestral Indexes.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Ancroft Parish was part of Berwick-upon-Tweed Poor Law Union. The Union Workhouse was located in Castlegate, Berwick-upon-Tweed. Some useful records are held at Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office.
  
  
• Peter Higginbotham has provided details, a map, a plan and photographs of Berwick-upon-Tweed Workhouse.
  
  

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