Place:Coanwood, Northumberland, England

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Coanwood is a village in Northumberland, England, and is part of the Parish of Haltwhistle. It is about 4 miles (6 km) to the southwest of Haltwhistle, on the South Tyne. In the UK census of 2011 it had a population of 199. Nearby is the village of Lambley which was absorbed into the parish in 1955.

Coanwood has coal reserves and from the 1860s to 1930 coal was worked in the area. In 1914 the Coanwood Coal Company employed 63 people.

Coanwood was a township in the ancient parish of Haltwhistle and became a separate civil parish in 1866. It remains a separate civil parish. Coanwood has a congregation of the Society of Friends (Quakers).

History

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Coanwood. Traces the ownership of the main estates.

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.

• Northumberland and Durham FHS covers both Northumberland and County Durham. The Family History Society have a research centre in Percy House in central Newcastle upon Tyne (full address on website), open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 4 pm. Browse the website to see what else the society can provide.
• Further information from GENUKI
• Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland 1832 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time. This map includes the boundaries of the various Wards (or "hundreds") in existence at that time.
• Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.
• Unfortunately, there is no Victoria County History for Northumberland.