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ELLINGHAM

The location of the Parish of Ellingham (shown in green).
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"ELLINGHAM is a parish comprising the townships of Charlton North, Charlton South, Chathill, Doxford, Ellingham, and Preston, whose united area is 9,124 acres. It is bounded on the north by Bambrough parish, on the west and south, by Eglingham parish and Coquetdale Ward, and on the east by Embleton. It is about five and a half miles long by five miles broad, and its population in 1801, was 749; in 1811, 691; in 1821, 801; in 1831, 953; in 1841, 861; and in 1851, 936 souls. Coal and lime are abundant in this parish." [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

• The Ancestral Indexes website provides information about South Charlton, St James.
  
  

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Church Records

• Ellingham - Church Records - links and information.
  
  

Civil Registration

• This area is divided between Northumberland North First Registration District and Northumberland North Second Registration District.
• Certificates of birth, death and marriage can be ordered from Northumberland County Council.
  Order Certificates.
  
  

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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 Ellingham Parish is included in:- Northumberland County History Committee, History of Northumberland, Volume 2. Newcastle, A. Reid, 1895.
  
  

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Maps

• Ellingham - Maps - links and information.
  
  

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Ellingham 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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