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Name | Hedley |
Alt names | Hedley on the Hill | source: Wikipedia |
Type | Township, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 54.928°N 1.876°W |
Located in | Northumberland, England |
See also | Ovingham, Northumberland, England | ancient parish in which it was a township | | Tynedale Ward, Northumberland, England | ancient county division in which it was located | | Hedley Woodside, Northumberland, England | parish which it absorbed in 1887 | | Hexham Rural, Northumberland, England | rural district of which it was part 1894-1955 | | Dukes Hagg, Northumberland, England | parish which it absorbed in 1955 | | Tynedale District, Northumberland, England | district municipality covering the area 1974-2009 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Hedley from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "HEDLEY-ON-THE-HILL, and HEDLEY-WOODSIDE, two townships in Ovingham parish, Northumberland; adjacent to the boundary with Durham, 3 miles SE of Stocksfield [railway] station, and 10 ESE of Hexham. Acres: 1,399 and 1,364. Populations: 241 and 69. Houses: 48 and 8. The manor belongs to the Duke of Northumberland. There is a Wesleyan chapel."
Hedley was a township in the ancient parish of Ovingham and became a separate civil parish in 1866. It absorbed the similarly named parish of Hedley Woodside in 1887. From 1894 it was part of Hexham Rural District. In 1955 it absorbed the small neighbouring parish of Dukes Hagg. In 1974 Hexham Rural District was abolished and the civil parish became part of the Tynedale District until 2009 when Northumberland became a unitary authority.
See also Wikipedia for an article on present-day Hedley.
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.
Categories: Northumberland, England | Hedley, Northumberland, England | Ovingham, Northumberland, England | Tynedale Ward, Northumberland, England | Hexham Rural, Northumberland, England | Tynedale District, Northumberland, England
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