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KIRKHAUGH

The location of the Parish of Kirkhaugh (shown in green).
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"KIRKHAUGH PARISH. This parish occupies the south-western extremity of the county, and is bounded on the north and west by Knaresdale, and on the south by the parish of Alston, in the adjoining county of Cumberland, and on the east by Whitfield. It comprises an area of 6,665 acres, the property of various owners, and its rateable value is £1,355 5s. The population in 1801, was 275; in 1811, 339; in 1821, 286; in 1831, 309; in 1841, 221; and in 1851, 286 souls. The manorial rights are vested in the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital. This is a mountainous district, and is intersected by the South Tyne, which rises near Alston, in Cumberland. About half a mile south-west of the parish church, on the farm called Castle Nook, is the site of a Roman station, supposed by some antiquarians to be the Alione of the Notitia, but subsequent inquiries have shown this supposition to be groundless. It occupies an irregular descent, inclining to the east, and its walls enclose an area of nearly nine acres. It is overlooked by hills on the west, where it is defended by ten breastworks and trenches, which have also flanked the north-west and south-west sides, two of them extending around the whole area of the station. Several 'Roman Remains' have been found here. The MAIDEN WAY passes near the eastern wall of the station, which is now covered with irregular heaps of ruins. THE PARISH CHURCH is a small unpretending edifice, situated on the east side of the South Tyne, two and a half miles north by west of Alston, and nine and a half miles south by west of Haltwhistle." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].

Census

• The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN19) published by the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society may be of value to researchers interested in this parish.
  
  

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Church Records

• Kirkhaugh - Church Records - links and information.
  
  

Civil Registration

• This area is now within Northumberland West Registration District. Certificates of birth, death and marriage can be obtained from: Superintendent Registrar, Register Office, Abbey Gate House, Market Street, Hexham, Northumberland NE46 3LX. 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

• The South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society operates a narrow-gauge railway service between Alston, Cumbria (formerly Cumberland) and Kirkhaugh, Northumberland. The track-bed is that of the Haltwhistle to Alston branch railway which closed to passengers in 1976.
  
  

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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 Kirkhaugh Parish is included in:- Hodgson, J., History of Northumberland, Part 2, Volume 3. Newcastle, 1840. (Available on fiche from Ancestral Indexes).
  
  

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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.
  
  

  Ayle, Kirkhaugh.

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

  Ayle, Kirkhaugh.

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Military Records

• A transcript of the War Memorial at Kirkhaugh provided by George Bell.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Kirkhaugh Parish was part of Haltwhistle Poor Law Union. The Union Workhouse was located in the town of Haltwhistle. Some records are held at Northumberland Collections Service, but these are of limited genealogical value.
  
  
• Peter Higginbotham has provided details and a map of Haltwhistle Workhouse.
  
  

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