Place:Plashetts and Tynehead, Northumberland, England

Plashetts and Tynehead was a civil parish formed in 1866 from part of the very large parish of Falstone in northern Northumberland, England which was abolished at that time. (Source: A Vision of Britain through Time)

In 1955 or 1958 (source gives both dates) the civil parish of Plashetts and Tynehead was abolished and the area split between Falstone (8821 acres) and Kielder (20404 acres) parishes.

Plashetts

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Plashetts is a small settlement in Northumberland, in England, southeast of Kielder. It is about 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Hexham. Part of the settlement is now beneath the surface of Kielder Water. (Kielder Water was a man-made lake created in 1982.)

Plashetts had a coal mine in operation from the 1850s until 1964. Employment was highest in 1914 when 126 men and boys were employed.

Tynehead was the name of a railway station on the Border Counties Railway.

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.

• Northumberland and Durham FHS covers both Northumberland and County Durham. The Family History Society have a research centre in Percy House in central Newcastle upon Tyne (full address on website), open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 4 pm. Browse the website to see what else the society can provide.
• Further information from GENUKI
• Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland 1832 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time. This map includes the boundaries of the various Wards (or "hundreds") in existence at that time.
• Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.
• Unfortunately, there is no Victoria County History for Northumberland.