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| Name | Nunnykirk |
| Alt names | Nunny Kirk | source: alternate spelling |
| Type | Township, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 55.228°N 1.866°W |
| Located in | Northumberland, England |
| See also | Netherwitton, Northumberland, England | chapelry in which Nunnykirk was a township | | Hartburn, Northumberland, England | ancient parish in which Netherwitton was a chapelry | | Morpeth Ward, Northumberland, England | ancient county division in which it was located | | Rothbury Rural, Northumberland, England | rural district of which it was part 1894-1974 | | Coatyards, Northumberland, England | civil parish which it absorbed in 1955 | | Ewesley, Northumberland, England | civil parish which it absorbed in 1955 | | Healey and Combhill, Northumberland, England | civil parish which it absorbed in 1955 | | Ritton Coltpark, Northumberland, England | civil parish which it absorbed in 1955 | | Ritton Whitehouse, Northumberland, England | civil parish which it absorbed in 1955 | | Todburn, Northumberland, England | civil parish which it absorbed in 1955 | | Wingates, Northumberland, England | civil parish which it absorbed in 1955 | | Alnwick 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 Nunnykirk from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "NUNNY-KIRK, a township in Nether Witton parish, Northumberland; on the river Font, 8½ miles N W of Morpeth. Acres: 111. Population: 31. Houses: 4. Nunny-Kirk House is the seat ofW. Orde, Esq., and stands in a richly-wooded park. A chapel was anciently built here by the abbot of Newminster, and gave rise to the name Nunny-Kirk."
Nunnykirk was a township in the chapelry of Netherwitton which was originally in Hartburn ancient parish. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 until 1955 it was part of Rothbury Rural District. In 1955 Nunnykirk absorbed a number of neighbouring civil parishes: Coatyards, Ewesley, Healey and Combhill, Ritton Coltpark, Ritton Whitehouse, Todburn and Wingates. In 1974 rural districts were abolished and Nunnykirk became part of the Alnwick District until 2009 when Northumberland became a unitary authority.
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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