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HOLY ISLAND

The location of the Parish of Holy Island (shown in green).
[View a zoomable and navigable Map of the Area provided by Multimap.]

"HOLY ISLAND is a parish, eomprising the townships of Holy Island, Fenham, and Goswick, whose united area is 8,296 acres, and its population in 1801, was 601; in 1811, 675; in 1821, 760; in 1831, 836; in 1841, 809; and in 1851, 908 souls." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].

Census

• The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN25) published by the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society may be of value to researchers interested in this parish.
  
  
• Glenn Bailey has supplied name indexes for the Holy Island census returns of 1851, 1861, and 1871 and will supply full details of entries on request.
  
  
• A list of ships and crews in port during the 1881 census provided by Bob Sanders.
  
  

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Church Records

• Holy Island - 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 Holy Island from the FreeFoto.com website - Collection 1 - Collection 2 - Collection 3 - Collection 4 - Collection 5.
  
  
• Lindisfarne photographed by Ray Urwin.
  
  
• Photographs of Holy Island from Les Bell's Northumberland Cam website.
  
  
• Photographs of Holy Island from Terry Walsh's North Country Roads website.
  
  
• The Holy Island of Lindisfarne
  
  
• The Northumberland Communities website includes pages relating to Holy Island. 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 links will take you directly to maps centered approximately on the places 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.
  
  

  Fenham, Goswick, Holy Island.

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

  Fenham, Goswick, Holy Island.

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Holy Island Parish was part of Berwick-upon-Tweed Poor Law Union. The Union Workhouse was located in Castlegate, Berwick-upon-Tweed. Some useful records are held at Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office.
  
  
• Peter Higginbotham has provided details, a map, a plan and photographs of Berwick-upon-Tweed Workhouse.
  
  

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