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FORD

The location of the Parish of Ford (shown in green).
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"FORD parish is bounded on the north by Norhamshire, on the west by Branxton, on the south by Doddington and Kirknewton, and on the east by Lowick. It comprises an area of 11,466 acres, and its population in 1801, was 1,903; in l811, 1,860; in 1821, 1,807; in 1831, 2,110; in 1841, 2,257; and in 1851, 2,322 souls. The lands here are fertile, and contain valuable seams of coal, and beds of slate, limestone, whinstone, and freestone. This parish is divided into three freehold estates, viz.: Etal, Ford, and Pallinsburn, which are subdivided into five constablewicks; namely, those of Crookham, Etal, Ford, Hetherslaw, and Kimmerston. Etal constablewick includes the whole of the Etal estate. Ford constablewick comprises Ford Mill, and all that portion of the Ford estate lying on the east side of the river Till. Kimmerston constablewick comprehends Kimmerston and Broomridge. Hetherslaw constablewick includes the remainder of the Ford estate west of the Till, except Crookham and Barelaw, which, with the Pallinsburn Estate, constitute Crookham constablewick." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].

Census

• The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN34) 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 Etal, St Mary.
  
  

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Church Records

• Ford - 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

• Photographs of Ford, Etal and Flodden from Les Bell's Northumberland Cam website.
  
  
• The Northumberland Communities website includes pages relating to Crookham, Etal and Ford. The pages 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 Ford Parish is included in:- Northumberland County History Committee, History of Northumberland, Volume 11. Newcastle, A. Reid, 1922. (Available on fiche from Ancestral Indexes).
  
  

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Maps

• Ford - Maps - links and information.
  
  

Military Records

• A transcript of Ford War Memorial provided by Ancestral Indexes.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Ford Parish was part of Glendale Poor Law Union. The Union Workhouse was located in the town of Wooler. Some records are held at Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office, but these are of limited genealogical value.
  
  
• Peter Higginbotham has provided details and photographs of Glendale Workhouse.
  
  

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