Place:Haltwhistle Rural, Northumberland, England

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NameHaltwhistle Rural
TypeRural district
Located inNorthumberland, England     (1894 - 1974)
See alsoTynedale District, Northumberland, England|district municipality covering the area 1974-2009

Haltwhistle Rural District was a rural district of the administrative county of Northumberland, England from 1894 to 1974, covering an area on the western border of the county beyond Hexham Rural District. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, most of it became part of the Tynedale non-metropolitan district.

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List of Parishes

Ancient parishes are listed in bold type.

ParishDescriptionDuration      Destination
Bardon Mill civil parish 1955 - 1974 remained as Bardon Mill in the Tynedale District
Bellister township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Featherstone (1955)
Blenkinsopp township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Greenhead (1955)
Coanwood township, civil parish 1894 - 1974 remained as Coanwood in the Tynedale District
Featherstone township, civil parish 1894 - 1974 remained as Featherstone in the Tynedale District
Greenhead civil parish 1955 - 1974 remained as Greenhead in the Tynedale District
Haltwhistle parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974 remained as Haltwhistle in the Tynedale District
Hartley Burn or Hartleyburn township, civil parish 1894 - 1974 remained as Hartley Burn or Hartleyburn in the Tynedale District
Henshaw township, civil parish 1894 - 1974 remained as Henshaw in the Tynedale District
Kirkhaugh parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1955 Knarsdale with Kirkhaugh (1955)
Knarsdale with Kirkhaugh civil parish 1955 - 1974 remained as Knarsdale with Kirkhaugh in the Tynedale District
Knarsdale parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1955 Knarsdale with Kirkhaugh (1955)
Lambley parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1955 Coanwood (1955)
Melkridge township, civil parish 1894 - 1974 remained as Melkridge in the Tynedale District
Plenmeller township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Plenmeller with Whitfield (1955)
Plenmeller with Whitfield civil parish 1955 - 1974 remained as Plenmellor with Whitfield in the Tynedale District
Ridley township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Bardon Mill (1955)
Thirlwall township, civil parish 1894 - 1974 remained as Thirlwall in the Tynedale District
Thorngrafton township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Bardon Mill (1955)
Wall Town township, civil parish 1894 - 1955 Haltwhistle (1955)
Whitfield parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1955 Plenmeller with Whitfield (1955)
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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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