Place:Bellingham Rural, Northumberland, England

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NameBellingham Rural
TypeRural district
Coordinates55.2°N 2.27°W
Located inNorthumberland, England     (1894 - 1974)
See alsoTynedale District, Northumberland, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2009

Bellingham Rural District was a rural district of the administrative county of Northumberland, England from 1894 to 1974, covering an area on the west of the county, north of Hexham and Haltwhistle Rural Districts and southwest of Rothbury Rural District. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, most of it was merged to form part of the Tynedale District. The council offices were located in the village of Bellingham which was close to being in the centre of the district.

List of Parishes

Ancient parishes are listed in bold type.

ParishDescriptionDuration     Destination
Bavington civil parish 1955 - 1974 Tynedale District (1974)
Bellingham chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974 Tarset (1955)
Birtley chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974 Tynedale District (1974)
Carrycoats township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Birtley (1955)
Catcherside township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 redirected to Kirkwhelpington
Charlton township, civil parish 1894 - 1974 Tynedale District (1974)
Chirdon township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Greystead (1955)
Coldwell township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 redirected to Kirkwhelpington
Corsenside parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974 Tynedale District (1974)
Crookdean township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 redirected to Kirkwhelpington
East Shaftoe township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Bavington (1955)
Falstone civil parish 1955 - 1974 Tynedale District (1974)
Fawns township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 redirected to Kirkwhelpington
Great Bavington township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Bavington (1955)
Greystead township, parish (ancient), civil parish 1955 - 1974 Tynedale District (1974)
Hawick township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Bavington (1955)
Kielder civil parish 1955 - 1974 Tynedale District (1974)
Kirkharle parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1955 Kirkwhelpington (1955)
Kirkwhelpington parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974 Tynedale District (1974)
Leemailing township, civil parish 1894 - 1974 redirected to Bellingham
Little Bavington township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Bavington (1955)
Little Harle township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 redirected to Kirkharle
Nook township, civil parish 1894 - 1974 redirected to Bellingham
Otterburn township, civil parish 1894 - 1974 Tynedale District (1974)
Plashetts and Tynehead township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Falstone and Kielder (1955)
Rochester civil parish 1955 - 1974 Tynedale District (1974)
Rochester Ward civil parish 1894 - 1955 Rochester (1955)
Smalesmouth township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Greystead (1955)
Sweethope township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Bavington (1955)
Tarretburn township, civil parish 1894 - 1974 redirected to Bellingham
Tarset civil parish 1955 - 1974 Tynedale District (1974)
Tarset West township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Tarset (1955)
Thockrington parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1955 Birtley (1955)
Thorneyburn township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Tarset (1955)
Troughend township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Otterburn and Rochester (1955)
Wark on Tyne chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974 Tynedale District (1974)
Wellhaugh township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Falstone (1955)
West Harle township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 redirected to Kirkwhelpington
West Shaftoe township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Bavington (1955)
West Whelpington township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 redirected to Kirkwhelpington

Research Tips

  • Northumberland Archives previously known as Northumberland Collections Service and Northumberland County Record Office. Now based within Woodhorn Museum in Ashington and providing free access to numerous records for local and family historians alike.
Full postal address: Museum and Northumberland Archives, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF; Phone: 01670 624455
There is a branch office in Berwick upon Tweed.