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BAMBURGH

The location of the Parish of Bamburgh (shown in green).
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"BAMBROUGH is a parish, comprising two chapelries and twenty-two townships, and is about eight miles long by six broad. It occupies the whole breadth of the ward from Budle Bay and Belford, to Beadnel and Ellingham, and comprises an area of 26,234 acres. Its population in 1801, was 2,935; in 1811, 3,114; in 1821, 3,342; in 1831, 3,949; in 1841, 4,237; and in 1851, 4,545 souls." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].

Cemeteries

• Burial Registers 1886-1954 for North Sunderland Civil Cemetery are available at Northumberland Collections Service.
  
  

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Census

• The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN28) published by the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society may be of value to researchers interested in this parish.
  
  
• A list of ships and crews in port during the 1881 census provided by Bob Sanders.
  
  

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Church History

• The Ancestral Indexes website provides information about North Sunderland, St Paul.
  
  

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Church Records

• Bamburgh - 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

• Bamburgh - Description and Travel - links and information.
  
  

Gazetteers

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

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History

• The history of Bamburgh Parish is included in:- Northumberland County History Committee, History of Northumberland, Volume 1. Newcastle, A. Reid, 1893. (Available on fiche from Ancestral Indexes).
  
  
• Photographs of Bamburgh Castle and Grace Darling's Memorial at Bamburgh supplied by George Bell.
  
  

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Maps

• Bamburgh - Maps - links and information.
  
  

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Bamburgh Parish was part of Belford Poor Law Union. The Union Workhouse was located in West Street, Belford. Some records are held at Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office, but these are of limited genealogical value.
  
  
• Peter Higginbotham has provided details, map and photographs of BelfordWorkhouse.
  
  

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