Place:Ponteland, Northumberland, England

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the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia Ponteland is a civil parish in Northumberland, England, situated 61 km (38 miles) south of the nearest border with Scotland and 15 km (9 miles) north of Newcastle upon Tyne. The name means 'island in the Pont', named for the river that flows through the village. Ponteland's first settlement concentrated around solid ground within the marshland near St. Mary's church and the old bridge. Most of Ponteland's marshland is now drained to make way for housing. The River Pont flows from west-to-east and joins the River Blyth further downstream, before flowing into the North Sea. During the industrial era, Ponteland village enlarged to include residential developments in Darras Hall. In the 2011 UK census, the civil parish of Ponteland had a population of 10,921. For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Ponteland.

The parishes labelled A, B and C on the map are Darras Hall, Little Callerton and South Dissington.

Ponteland was part of Castle Ward Rural District from 1894 until 1974 and of the Castle Morpeth District from 1974 until it was abolished in 2009.

All the townships of Ponteland ancient parish were abolished in 1955 and, with the exception of Dinnington, which went to Newcastle upon Tyne, the whole area was re-absorbed into Ponteland.

Townships in Parish

• Berwick Hill
• Coldcoats
• Darras Hall
• Dinnington
• Higham Dykes
• High Callerton
• Kirkley
• Little Callerton
• Milbourne
• Milbourne Grange (See Milbourne)
• Prestwick

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.