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LONGFRAMLINGTON

The location of the Parish of Longframlington (shown in green).
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"LONG FRAMLINGTON is a chapelry, township, and village, comprising an area of 4,962 acres, and its rateable value is £2,324. Its population in 1801, was 471; in 1811, 508; in 1821, 563; in 1831, 543; in 1841, 549; and in 1851, 549 souls. The manor of Long Framlington, previous to the reign of Henry VIII., was the property of the Eslington family, on the extinction of which, the estate was sold in lots, and is now the property of the Duke of Northumberland and a number of freeholders. The land of this chapelry is generally of a good quality. On the north-western extremity is a long narrow tract containing about 1,000 acres of the wildest and most dreary moorland in the county. Here are a number of cairns composed of loose stones, and the road called the Devil's Causeway passes near this place, where there are large heaps of scoriœ, probably produced by the Romans in melting ironstone. Coal, limestone, and freestone, are the principal mineral productions" [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].

Census

• The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN27) 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

• Longframlington - Church Records - links and information.
  
  

Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel

• The Northumberland Communities website includes pages relating to Longframlington. 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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History

• The history of Longframlington Parish is included in:- Northumberland County History Committee, History of Northumberland, Volume 7. Newcastle, A. Reid, 1904.
  
  

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Maps

• Maps of locations in this parish provided by Streetmap.
  
  

  Longframlington, Newmoor, North End.

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Longframlington Parish was part of Rothbury Poor Law Union. The Union Workhouse was located in the town of Rothbury. Some records are held at Northumberland Archives Service, but these are of limited genealogical value.
  
  
• Peter Higginbotham has provided details and maps of Rothbury Workhouse.
  
  

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