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LOWICK

The location of the Parish of Lowick (shown in green).
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"LOWICK parish comprises the townships of Barmoor, Bowsdon, Holborn, and Lowick; and is bounded on the north by Islandshire, on the west by Ford, on the south by Doddington and Chatton, and on the east by Belford. Its area is 12,526 acres, and its population in 1801, was 1,382; in 1811, 1,519; in 1821, 1,799; in 1831, 1,864; in 1841, 1,941; and in 1851, 1,941 souls. The soil consists chiefly of a loamy clay, and the surface presents a bleak and monotonous appearance. There was a new colliery opened here, in 1854, called Licker Colliery." [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 article, Two Clerical Friends by Rev. H.S. Ross, published in History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club Vol. XLI, part 2 (1978) pp. 79-88, compares and contrasts the lives of two Protestant Dissenters: Israel Craig at Lowick (from 1793-1843) and William Whitehouse at Spittal (from 1813 to 1857).
  
  
• Lowick, St John:- The Ancestral Indexes website provides information under the headings History and Monumental Inscriptions.
  
  

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Church Records

• Lowick - 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

• The Northumberland Communities website includes pages relating to Bowsden and Lowick. 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 Lowick Parish is included in:- Northumberland County History Committee, History of Northumberland, Volume 14. Newcastle, A. Reid, 1935. (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.
  
  

  Barmoor, Bowsden/bowsdon, Holburn/Holborn, Lowick.

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

  Barmoor, Bowsden/bowsdon, Holburn/Holborn, Lowick.

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Military Records

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

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Lowick 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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