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BEADNELL

The location of the Parish of Beadnell (shown in green).
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"BEADNELL is a chapelry, township and village, containing 743 acres of land, the property of Thomas Wood Craster, Esq., and others. The annual value is £1,318 4s. 10d., and the number of its inhabitants in 1801, was 223; in 1811, 291; in 1821, 213; in 1831, 251; in 1841, 323; and in 1851, 326 souls. The increase of population is owing to the erection of lime kilns, and the opening of a new colliery. Lands were formerly held in this chapelry by the Harding and Forster familes." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].

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.
  
  

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Church Records

Church of England Records.

• Beadnell, St Ebba: Records of baptisms 1766-1902, marriages 1767-1781, 1855-1902 and burials 1766-1935 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1767-1838 are deposited at Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham City. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1766-1812 for this parish, and Boyd's Marriage Index includes marriages 1767-1800 and banns 1767-1781. Transcripts of baptisms 1766-1812, marriages 1767-1781 and burials 1766-1812 are available at Tyne and Wear Archives Service and in the Local Studies Departments of Newcastle Central Library and Gateshead Central Library.
  
  
  • A photograph of Beadnell, St Ebba supplied by George Bell.
    
    

Adjacent Parishes.

• The following parishes are adjacent to Beadnell:- Bamburgh.
  
  

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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 Beadnell from the FreeFoto.com website.
  
  
• Photographs of Beadnell and Beadnell Bay from Les Bell's Northumberland Cam website.
  
  
• The Northumberland Communities website includes pages relating to Beadnell. 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

• The Landmark Information Group have provided free online access to 19th century Ordnance Survey maps of the whole of Great Britain. The following link will take you directly to a map centered approximately on the place named and you can then navigate (click on the map to re-centre or use the arrows) and zoom (using the buttons below the map) as desired.
  
  

  Beadnell.

• You can also view modern maps of the same locations provided by Streetmap.
  
  

  Beadnell.

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Beadnell 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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