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WALLSEND

The location of the Parish of Wallsend (shown in green).
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"WALLSEND parish comprises the townships of Howden Pans, Wallsend and Willington, whose united area amounts to 2,787 acres. It is bounded on the north and west by Long Benton parish, on the south, by the river Tyne, and on the east by the parish of Tynemouth. The population in 1801, was 3,120; in 1811, 3,584; in 1821, 5,103; in 1831, 5,510; in 1841, 4,758; and in 1851, 5,721 souls. This parish stretches along the north bank of the Tyne, and is intersected by the Newcastle and South Shields Railway. Extensive coal mines exist in the neighbourbood, and the place formerly gave its name to an excellent variety of coal, but now the designation "Wallsend" is applied to all coal which passes over a sieve, whose meshes are five-eights of an inch asunder, without falling through." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].

Cemeteries

• Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Wallsend (1918-1932) transcribed by Margaret Hall.
  
  

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Census

• The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN6) 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 Wallsend, St Luke, Willington Quay, St Paul and Willington, St Mary.
  
  

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Church Records

• Wallsend - Church Records - links and information.
  
  

Civil Registration

• This area is within North Tyneside Registration District
• Certificates of birth, death and marriage can be ordered by post.
  Ordering Information.  Marriage Searches.
  
  

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Description and Travel

• The Port of Tyne Authority website.
  
  
• The Tyne and Wear Development Company's website has some interesting features about the area.
  
  

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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 Wallsend Parish is included in:- Northumberland County History Committee, History of Northumberland, Volume 13. Newcastle, A. Reid, 1930. (Available on fiche from Ancestral Indexes).
  
  

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Maps

• Wallsend - Maps - links and information.
  
  

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Wallsend 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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