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EDLINGHAM

The location of the Parish of Edlingham (shown in green).
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"EDLINGHAM parish is bounded on the north by Eglingham, on the west by Whittingham, on the south by Long Framlington, and on the east by Alnwick. It is about three and a half miles in length by two and a half in breadth, and comprises an area of 12,348 acres. The parish contains the townships of Abberwick, Bolton, Broom Park, Edlingham, Learchild, and Lemmington. Its population in 1801, was 638; in 1811, 667; in 1821, 666; in 1831, 568; in 1841, 659; and in 1851, 742 souls." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].

Census

• The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN33) 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

• Bolton Chapel:- The Ancestral Indexes website provides information under the headings Church and Monumental Inscriptions.
  
  

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Church Records

• Edlingham - 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

• Edlingham Castle photographed by Ray Urwin.
  
  
• Photographs of Edlingham from Les Bell's Northumberland Cam website.
  
  
• Photographs of Edlingham from Terry Walsh's North Country Roads website.
  
  

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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 Bolton Chapelry is included in:- Northumberland County History Committee, History of Northumberland, Volume 7. Newcastle, A. Reid, 1904. (Available on fiche from Ancestral Indexes).
  
  
• The history of Edlingham Parish is included in Northumberland County History Committee, History of Northumberland, Volume 7. Newcastle, A. Reid, 1904. (Available on fiche from Ancestral Indexes).
  
  

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Maps

• Edlingham - Maps - links and information.
  
  

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Edlingham 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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