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Hexham Rural District was a rural district of the administrative county of Northumberland, England from 1894 to 1974, covering an area centred on the town of Hexham to the west of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, most of it was merged to form part of the Tynedale District, with the eastern edge going to the Castle Morpeth District. The council offices were located in Hexham.
List of Parishes
Ancient parishes are listed in bold type.
Parish | Description | Duration | Destination
| Acomb | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Acomb in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Allendale | chapelry, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Allendale in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Aydon | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Corbridge (1955)
| Aydon Castle | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Corbridge (1955)
| Bearl | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Bywell (1955)
| Bingfield | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | Whittington (1955)
| Black Carts with Ryehill | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Humshaugh (1955)
| Blanchland or Shotley High Quarter | parochial area, chapelry, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Blanchland in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Broomhaugh | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Broomhaugh and Riding (1955)
| Broomhaugh and Riding | civil parish | 1955 - 1974 | remains as Broomhaugh and Riding in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Broomley and Stocksfield | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Broomley and Stocksfield in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Bywell | civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Bywell in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Chollerton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Chollerton in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Clarewood | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Whittington (1955)
| Cocklaw | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | Wall (1955)
| Corbridge | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Corbridge in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Dilston | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Corbridge (1955)
| Dukes Hagg | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | Hedley (1955)
| Eltringham | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1910 | Prudhoe (1910)
| Espershields | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | Healey (1955)
| Fallowfield | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Wall (1955)
| Great Whittington | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Whittington (1955)
| Hallington | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Whittington (1955)
| Halton | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Whittington (1955)
| Haughton | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Humshaugh (1955)
| Haydon (or Haydon Bridge) | chapelry, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Haydon (or Haydon Bridge) in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Healey | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Healey in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Hedley | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Hedley in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Hexhamshire | civil parish | 1955 - 1974 | remains as Hexhamshire in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Hexhamshire High Quarter | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Hexhamshire (1955)
| Hexhamshire Low Quarter | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Hexhamshire Low Quarter in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Hexhamshire Middle Quarter | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Hexhamshire (1955)
| Hexhamshire West Quarter | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Hexhamshire (1955)
| High Fotherley | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | Healey (1955)
| Horsley | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Horsley in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Humshaugh | township, chapelry, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Humshaugh in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Little Whittington | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Corbridge (1955)
| Mickley | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1910 | remains as Mickley in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Nafferton | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Horsley (near Wylam) (1955)
| Newbrough | chapelry, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | Haydon (1955)
| Newlands | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Shotley Low Quarter (1955)
| Newton | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Bywell (1955)
| Newton Hall | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Bywell (1955)
| Ovingham | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Ovingham in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Ovington | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Ovington in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Portgate | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Corbridge (1955)
| Prudhoe | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1910 | became urban district, Tynedale District (1974)
| Prudhoe Castle | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1910 | Prudhoe (1910)
| Riding | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Broomhaugh and Riding (1955)
| Sandhoe | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Sandhoe in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Shotley Low Quarter | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Shotley Low Quarter in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Simonburn | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Simonburn in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Slaley | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Slaley in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Spittle (near Hexham) | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Horsley (near Wylam) (1955)
| Stelling | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Bywell (1955)
| Styford | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Bywell (1955)
| Thornbrough | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Corbridge (1955)
| Wall | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Wall in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Warden | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Warden in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Welton | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Horsley (near Wylam) (1955)
| West Allen | chapelry, civil parish | 1897 - 1974 | Allendale (date unknown)
| Whittington | civil parish | 1955 - 1974 | remains as Whittington in the Tynedale District (1974)
| Whittle (near Hexham) | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Horsley (near Wylam) (1955)
| Whittonstall | chapelry, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | Shotley Low Quarter (1974)
| Wylam | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remains as Wylam in the Tynedale District (1974)
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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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