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Coquetdale Ward was one of the ancient divisions of Northumberland, equivalent to hundreds and wapentakes in counties further south.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Coquetdale from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "COQUETDALE, a ward in Northumberland; taking name from the Coquet river; lying along that stream, from Scotland to the sea; and cut into four divisions, north, south, west, and east. Acres of the [North Division]: 83,045; of the [South Division]: 75,927; of the [West Division]: 86,638; of the [East Division]: 41,152. Population of the whole: 21,331. Houses: 3,788."
This Ordnance Survey map of 1832 shows the boundaries of the ancient wards of Northumberland.
Parishes and Townships
Ancient parishes are listed in bold type.
Parish and Townships | Description | Ancient Parish | Destination, 1955 or 1974
| Abberwick | township, civil parish | Edlingham | Edlingham
| Acton and Old Felton | township, civil parish | Felton | Felton
| Alnham | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Alnham
| Alnwick | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Alnwick
| Alwinton | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Alwinton
| Barrow | township, civil parish | Holystone | Alwinton
| Bassington | township, civil parish | Eglingham | Eglingham (1955)
| Beanley | township, civil parish | Eglingham | Hedgeley
| Bickerton | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Hepple
| Biddlestone | township, civil parish | Alwinton | Biddlestone
| Birling | township, civil parish | Warkworth | Warkworth
| Bolton | township, civil parish | Edlingham | Hedgeley
| Brandon | township, civil parish | Eglingham | Ingram
| Branton | township, civil parish | Eglingham | Ingram
| Brinkburn Chapelry | parish (ancient), civil parish | Brinkburn | Brinkburn
| Brinkburn High Ward | township, civil parish | Brinkburn | Brinkburn
| Brinkburn Low Ward | township, civil parish | Brinkburn | Brinkburn
| Broome Park | township, civil parish | Edlingham | Edlingham
| Brotherwick | township, civil parish | Warkworth | Warkworth
| Burradon (near Rothbury) | township, civil parish | Alwinton | Alwinton
| Caistron | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Hepple
| Callaly and Yetlington | township, civil parish | Whittingham | Callaly
| Cartington | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Cartington
| Clennell | township, civil parish | Alwinton | Biddlestone
| Crawley | township, civil parish | Eglingham | Hedgeley
| Debdon | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Cartington
| Ditchburn | township, civil parish | Eglingham | Eglingham (1955)
| Dueshill | township, civil parish | Holystone | Alwinton
| East Lilburn | township, civil parish | Eglingham | Lilburn
| Edlingham | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Edlingham
| Eglingham | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Eglingham
| Elsdon | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Elsdon
| Elyhaugh | township, civil parish | Felton | Felton
| Fairhaugh | township, civil parish | Alwinton | Alwinton
| Fallowlees | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Hollinghill
| Farnham | township, civil parish | Alwinton | Hepple
| Fawdon and Clinch | civil parish | Ingram | Ingram
| Fawdon Clinch and Hartside | township, civil parish | Ingram | Ingram
| Felton | township, parish (ancient), civil parish | | Felton
| Flotterton | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Snitter
| Glanton | township, civil parish | Whittingham | Hedgeley
| Great Ryle | township, civil parish | Whittingham | Alnham
| Great Tosson and Rye Hill | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Tosson (1889)
| Greens and Glantlees | township, civil parish | Felton | Newton on the Moor
| Guyzance | township, civil parish | Shilbottle | Acklington
| Harbottle | township, civil parish | Alwinton | Harbottle
| Harehope | township, civil parish | Eglingham | Eglingham (1955)
| Hazon and Hartlaw | township, civil parish | Shilbottle | Newton on the Moor
| Hedgeley | township, civil parish | Eglingham | Hedgeley
| Hepple | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Hepple
| Hepple Demesne | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Hepple (1889)
| Hesley Hurst | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Hesley Hurst
| High and Low Trewhitt | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Netherton
| High Buston | township, civil parish | Warkworth | Alnmouth
| Hollinghill | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Hollinghill
| Holystone | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Harbottle
| Ilderton | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Ilderton
| Ingram | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Ingram
| Ingram Linhope and Greenshawhill | township, civil parish | Ingram | Ingram
| Ingram Linhope Greenshawhill and Hartside | civil parish | Ingram | Ingram
| Kidland | extra parochial area, civil parish | | Alwinton
| Learchild | township, civil parish | Edlingham | Edlingham
| Lee Ward | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Lee Ward
| Lemmington | township, civil parish | Edlingham | Edlingham
| Linbridge | township, civil parish | Alwinton | Alwinton
| Linsheeles | township, civil parish | Holystone | Alwinton
| Little Ryle | township, civil parish | Whittingham | Alnham
| Littlehoughton | township, civil parish | Lesbury | Longhoughton
| Longframlington | chapelry, civil parish | Felton | Longframlington
| Lorbottle | township, civil parish | Whittingham | Callaly
| Low Buston | township, civil parish | Warkworth | Warkworth
| Middleton Hall | township, civil parish | Ilderton | Earle
| Monkridge | township, civil parish | Elsdon | Elsdon
| Mount Healey | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Cartington
| Netherton North Side | township, civil parish | Alwinton | Netherton
| Netherton South Side | township, civil parish | Alwinton | Netherton
| New Bewick | township, civil parish | Eglingham | Bewick
| Newton on the Moor | township, civil parish | Shilbottle | Newton on the Moor
| Newtown (near Rothbury) | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Tosson
| North Middleton (near Wooler) | township, civil parish | Ilderton | Ilderton
| Old Bewick | township, civil parish | Eglingham | Bewick
| Otterburn | township, civil parish | Elsdon | Otterburn
| Pauperhaugh | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Pauperhaugh
| Peels | township, civil parish | Alwinton | Harbottle
| Prendwick | township, civil parish | Alnham | Alnham
| Ramshope | extra parochial area, civil parish | | Rochester
| Raw | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Brinkburn
| Reaveley | township, civil parish | Ingram | Roddam
| Rochester | township, civil parish | Elsdon | Rochester
| Roddam | township, civil parish | Ilderton | Roddam
| Roseden | township, civil parish | Ilderton | Ilderton
| Rothbury | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Rothbury
| Scrainwood | township, civil parish | Alnham | Alnham
| Sharperton | township, civil parish | Alwinton | Harbottle
| Shawdon | township, civil parish | Whittingham | Hedgeley
| Shilbottle | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Shilbottle
| Shipley | township, civil parish | Eglingham | Eglingham (1955)
| Snitter | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Snitter
| South Middleton (near Wooler) | township, civil parish | Ilderton | Ilderton
| Sturton Grange | township, civil parish | Warkworth | Warkworth
| Swarland | township, civil parish | Felton | Newton on the Moor
| Thropton | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Thropton
| Titlington | township, civil parish | Eglingham | Hedgeley
| Tosson | civil parish | created in 1889 | Tosson
| Tosson Little | township, civil parish | Tosson | Tosson
| Troughend | township, civil parish | Elsdon | Otterburn and Rochester
| Unthank | township, civil parish | Alnham | Alnham
| Walkmill | township, civil parish | Warkworth | Warkworth
| Warkworth | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Warkworth
| Warton | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Snitter
| West Lilburn | township, civil parish | Eglingham | Lilburn
| Whittingham | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Whittingham
| Whittle (near Alnwick) | township, civil parish | Shilbottle | Newton on the Moor
| Whitton | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Tosson
| Woodhouse | township, civil parish | Shilbottle | Shilbottle
| Woodside | township, civil parish | Elsdon | Hepple
| Wooperton | township, civil parish | Eglingham | Roddam
| Wreighill | township, civil parish | Rothbury | Hepple
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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.
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