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BOTHAL

The location of the Parish of Bothal (shown in green).
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"BOTHAL parish comprises the townships of Ashington and Sheepwash. Bothal Demesne, Longhirst, Oldmoor, and Pegsworth, whose united area is 7,593 acres. The population in 1801, was 622; in 1811, 557; in 1821, 658; in 1831, 755; in 1841, 800; and in 1851, 946 souls. This parish is about three miles in length, by the same in breadth, and is bounded by the parishes of Woodhorm, Ulgham, Hebron and Morpeth; as also by the river Wansbeck, which separates it from Bedlingtonshire." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].

Census

• The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN24) 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

• St Andrew's Church, Bothal was built possibly about 882 and enlarged about 1150. Most of the present building, however, dates from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. It is situated near the castle in Bothal village, between Ashington and Morpeth.
  
  Two parishes were subsequently taken out of Bothal parish: Longhirst, St John the Evangelist, in 1876, and Ashington, Holy Sepulchre. in 1887.
  
  
• The Ancestral Indexes website provides information about Ashington, Holy Sepulchre and Longhirst, St John.
  
  

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Church Records

• Bothal - Church Records - links and information.
  
  

Civil Registration

• This area is now within Northumberland Central Registration District. Certificates of birth, death and marriage can be obtained from: Superintendent Registrar, Register Office, 94 Newgate Street, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1BU. 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 Bothal and Sheepwash from Les Bell's Northumberland Cam website.
  
  
• The Northumberland Communities website includes pages relating to Ashington and Pegswood. 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

• The history of Bothal Parish is included in:- Hodgson, J., History of Northumberland, Part 2, Volume 2. Newcastle, 1832. (Available on fiche from Ancestral Indexes).
  
  

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Maps

• Bothal - Maps - links and information.
  
  

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Bothal Parish was part of Morpeth Poor Law Union. The Union Workhouse was located in Newgate Street, Morpeth. Some records are held at Northumberland Collections Service, but these are of limited genealogical value.
  
  
• Peter Higginbotham has provided details, a map and photograph of Morpeth Workhouse.
  
  

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