Place:Burradon (near Rothbury), Northumberland, England

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NameBurradon (near Rothbury)
Alt namesBorrowdonsource: spelling variation
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates55.353°N 2.025°W
Located inNorthumberland, England
See alsoAlwinton, Northumberland, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Coquetdale Ward, Northumberland, Englandancient county division in which it was located
Rothbury Rural, Northumberland, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1955
Alwinton, Northumberland, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1955
source: Family History Library Catalog


NOTE:Burradon in Tyneside is another place of the same name that was in Northumberland until 1974 but is now in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear.

the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Burradon (near Rothbury) is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is about 14 miles (23 km) to the southwest of Alnwick and 6.6 miles west of Rothbury.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Burradon from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"BORROWDON, or Burradon, a township in Alwinton parish, Northumberland; near the river Coquet, 6 ½ miles NW of Rothbury. Acres: 1,538. Population: 144. Houses: 31."

Burradon was a township in the ancient parish of Alwinton and became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 it was part of Rothbury Rural District. In 1955 the civil parish was abolished and the area was absorbed back into the parish of Alwinton (which is to the west of Burradon).

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  • 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.
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