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NORHAM

The location of the Parish of Norham (shown in green).
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"NORHAM, OR NORHAMSHIRE, is a parish co-extensive with the hundred of the same name, and formerly, until the passing of the 7 and 8 Vict. c. 61, a detached part of the county of Durham. It is bounded on the north and west by the river Tweed, on the south by Glendale Ward, and on the east by Islandshire. It comprises the chapelry of Cornhill, and the townships of Duddo, Felkington, Grindon, Horncliffe, Loan-end, Longridge, Norham, Norham Mains, Shoreswood, Thornton, and Twizell, whose united area is 19,849 statute acres. The population of Norhamshire, in 1801, was 3,384; in 1811, 3,524; in 1821, 3,906; in 1831, 3,744; in 1841, 3,757; and in 1851, 4,289 souls. There are many freeholders in the parish, but in ancient times the greater part of the lands here were held by the Greys and the Nevilles. A considerable number of the inhabitants are employed in the Tweed Salmon fisheries." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].

Cemeteries

• Mike Simpson has provided "complete transcriptions of the legible Memorial Inscriptions found in the church-yard of St. Cuthbert's Church, Norham-upon-Tweed".
  
  

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Census

• The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN37) published by the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society may be of value to researchers interested in this parish.
  
  
• An interesting article, Norham Folk in 1851 and 1971 by Dr G.A.C. Binnie, was published in: History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club Vol. XL, part 3 (1976) pp. 159-175. This is essentially a comparison of the census returns for 1851 and 1971, looking at things like age distribution, population size, parish relief, family surnames, place of birth, and housing.
  
  

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Church History

• The Ancestral Indexes website provides information about Duddo, All Saints.
  
  

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Church Records

• Norham - 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

• Photographs of Norham, Hornecliffe - Union Bridge and Twizel from Les Bell's Northumberland Cam website.
  
  
• The Northumberland Communities website includes pages relating to Duddo. 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

• Norham upon Tweed - The history of a village from Mike Simpson.
  
  

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Maps

• Norham - Maps - links and information.
  
  

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Norham Parish was part of Berwick-upon-Tweed Poor Law Union. The Union Workhouse was located in Castlegate, Berwick-upon-Tweed. Some useful records are held at Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office.
  
  
• Peter Higginbotham has provided details, a map, a plan and photographs of Berwick-upon-Tweed Workhouse.
  
  

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