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MORPETH

The location of the Parish of Morpeth (shown in green).
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"MORPETH is a parish, township, corporate and parliamentary borough, and market town, in the western division of Morpeth Ward, and eastern and western divisions of Castle Ward. The parish comprehends the townships of Buller's Green, Hepscott, Morpeth, Morpeth Castle, Newminster Abbey, Shilvington, Tranwell and High Church, and Twizell, whose united area is 8,177 acres. The population in l801, was 3,707; in 1811, 4,098; in 1821, 4,292; in 1831, 4,797; in 1841, 4,237; and in 1851, 5,020 souls." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].

Census

• The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN22 and CN14) 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 Ancestral Indexes website provides information about Morpeth, St James.
  
  

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Church Records

• Morpeth - Church Records - links and information.
  
  

Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel

• Photographs of Morpeth from Les Bell's Northumberland Cam website.
  
  
• Photographs of Morpeth from the FreeFoto.com website - Collection 1 - Collection 2.
  
  
• MorpethNet - the Internet Guide to Morpeth and District.
  
  
• The Northumberland Communities website includes pages relating to Hepscott and Morpeth. 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 Morpeth Parish is included in:- Hodgson, J., History of Northumberland, Part 2, Volume 2. Newcastle, 1832. (Available on fiche from Ancestral Indexes).
  
  
• LNER Wartime Evacuation Documents N.EVAC 2 and N.EVAC 3 describing the arrangements for evacuating children from Newcastle and Gateshead to rural parts of Northumberland (including Morpeth), Co Durham, Yorkshire, Cumberland and Westmorland. The second document includes lists of schools with details of their places and times of departure and their destinations.
  
  

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Maps

• Morpeth - Maps - links and information.
  
  

Military Records

• A transcripts of the War Memorial at Morpeth provided by Ancestral Indexes.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Morpeth Parish was part of Morpeth Poor Law Union. The Union Workhouse was located in Newgate Street, Morpeth. Some records are held at Northumberland Archives Service, but these are of limited genealogical value.
  
  
• Peter Higginbotham has provided details, a map and photograph of Morpeth Workhouse.
  
  

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