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TYNEMOUTH

The location of the Parish of Tynemouth (shown in green).
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"TYNEMOUTH parish is bounded on the north and west by the parishes of Earsdon, Long Benton, and Wallsend, on the south by the river Tyne, and on the east by the German Ocean. It comprises the townships of Chirton, Cullercoats, Murton or Moortown, North Shields, Preston, Tynemouth, and Whitley, whose united area is 7,222 statute acres. The population in 1801, was l4,345; in l811, 19,042; in l821, 24820; in 1831, 24,778; in 1841, 27,249; and in 1851, it had increased to 30,524 souls. The surface is generally level, consisting of a strong soil, well suited for the growth of beans and wheat. Coal and ironstone are abundant, and the only magnesian limestone in the country is found in this parish. Three moors, known respectively by the names of Tynemouth Moor, Shire Moor, and Billy Mill Moor, and containing together an area of 1,300 acres, were divided and enclosed, under the authority of acts of parliament, obtained in the reign of George III." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855]

Cemeteries

• Tyne and Wear Archives Service have records from Tynemouth General Cemetery. Transcripts of the Sexton's Books 1833-1839 for Tynemouth Cemetery and of monument inscriptions for Albion Road Cemetery, North Shields can be seen at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept.
  
  

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Census

• The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN7, CN8, CN9 and CN36) published by the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society may be of value to researchers interested in this parish.
  
  
• 1861 Census entries for Clifford's Fort, the Spannish Battery, the Lighthouse and the Barracks transcribed by Penuel Ellis-Brown.
  
  
• A list of ships and crews in port at North Shields during the 1881 census (Part 1) provided by Bob Sanders.
• A list of ships and crews in port at North Shields during the 1881 census (Part 2) provided by Bob Sanders.
• A list of ships and crews in port at North Shields during the 1881 census (Part 3) provided by Bob Sanders.
• A list of ships and crews in port at North Shields during the 1881 census (Part 4) provided by Bob Sanders.
• A list of ships and crews in port at North Shields during the 1881 census (Part 5) provided by Bob Sanders.
  
  

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Church History

• Tynemouth - Church History - links and information.
  
  

Church Records

• Tynemouth - Church Records - links and information.
  
  

Civil Registration

• This area is now within North Tyneside Registration District. Certificates of birth, death and marriage can be obtained from: Superintendent Registrar, Register Office, Maritime Chambers, 1 Howard Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1LZ. 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

• Tynemouth - Description and Travel - links and information.
  
  

Emigration and Immigration

• A letter from William Robinson II to his daughter Mary Ann (later Mrs. John Dunn), on his arrival in New York in 1853.
  
  

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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 Tynemouth Parish is included in:- Northumberland County History Committee, History of Northumberland, Volume 8. Newcastle, A. Reid, 1907. (Available on fiche from Ancestral Indexes).
  
  
• Ron Branscombe has provided some Notes on the History of North Shields.
  
  
• Transcription of the section on Monk Seaton from Pigot's Directory (1828/9)
  
  
• Memories of Life throughout the 1900s from North Shields Library Club.
  
  

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Law and Legislation

• Mary Hunter has transcribed a report from the North Shields Daily News of 9th March, 1883 describing an alleged miscarriage of justice which resulted in the imprisonment of three men. The report includes a petition to the Home Secretary which carries the names and occupations of 216 local people.
  
  

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Maps

• Tynemouth - Maps - links and information.
  
  

Medical Records

• Cholera Inquiry Commission Report 1854. On 31st December 1853 a commission was established to inquire "into the causes which have led to, or have aggravated, the late outbreak of Cholera in the towns of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead and Tynemouth." And on 15th July 1854 the commission presented this report.
  
  

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Merchant Marine

• Tynemouth Lifeboat Station and Cullercoats Lifeboat Station now have their own websites.
  
  

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Military Records

• A List of Casualties resulting from the worst wartime disaster in the region - the bombing of a public air-raid shelter in the basement of Wilkinson's Lemonade Factory in North Shields which resulted in the deaths of 103 people. This incident is also the subject of "Westall's War" - a very well researched and well presented account.
  
  
• A transcript of Tynemouth War Memorial provided by Ancestral Indexes.
  
  
• A list of Tynemouth Municipal Grammar School alumni who Served in the Great War.
  
  

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Names, Personal

• A list of subscribers to the relief fund which was set up following an accident at Cullercoats in 1848 in which five fishermen were drowned. The list includes many Tyneside businessmen and nobility.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Tynemouth 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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