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LONGBENTON

The location of the Parish of Longbenton (shown in green).
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"LONG BENTON parish comprises the townships of Killingworth, Long Benton, Walker, and Weetslade, whose united area is 9,040 acres. Its population in 1801, was 3,355; in 1811, 4,358; in 1821, 5,547; in 1831, 6,613; in 1841, 8,711; and in 1851, 9,205 souls. The parish is bounded on the north by Earsdon, Cramlington, snd Stannington, on the west by All Saints' and Gosforth parishes, on the south by the Tyne, and on the east by the parishes of Tynemouth and Wallsend. It contains extensive collieries, foundries, quarries, gunpowder-works, &c. -upwards of 1,300 persons are employed in the collieries alone. The soil in this district is very fertile, and the parish is intersected by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].

Census

• The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN10, CN11) published by the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society may be of value to researchers interested in this parish.
  
  
• A list of ships and crews in port during the 1881 census provided by Bob Sanders.
  
  

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Church History

• The Ancestral Indexes website provides information about Burradon, The Good Shepherd and Dudley, St Paul. There is also information about Killingworth, St John under the headings Church and History; about Longbenton, St Bartholomew under the headings Church, History and Non-Parochial Records; and about Walker, Christ Church under the headings Church, History, Monumental Inscriptions and Non-Parochial Records.
  
  

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Church Records

• Longbenton - Church Records - links and information.
  
  

Civil Registration

• This area is divided between North Tyneside Registration District (Superintendent Registrar, Register Office, Maritime Chambers, 1 Howard Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1LZ) and Newcastle upon Tyne Registration District (Superintendent Registrar, Register Office, Civic Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8PS). Certificates of birth, death and marriage can be obtained from the addresses shown.
  
  Some of the Newcastle upon Tyne birth and marriage indexes can be searched online thanks to an ongoing project involving the Register Office and Northumberland and Durham FHS. [ Search the Indexes].
  
  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 Port of Tyne Authority website.
  
  
• The Tyne and Wear Development Company's website has some interesting features about the area.
  
  

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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 Longbenton Parish is included in:- Northumberland County History Committee, History of Northumberland, Volume 13. Newcastle, A. Reid, 1930. (Available on fiche from Ancestral Indexes).
  
  

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Maps

• Longbenton - Maps - links and information.
  
  

Military Records

• Transcripts of War Memorials at Seaton Burn, Dudley and Longbenton provided by Ancestral Indexes.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Longbenton Parish was part of Tynemouth Poor Law Union. The Union Workhouse was located in Preston Lane, North Shields. Some useful records are held at Tyne and Wear Archives Service.
  
  
• Peter Higginbotham has provided details, a map, plan and photograph of Tynemouth Workhouse.
  
  

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