Place:Rennington, Northumberland, England

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Rennington is a village in Northumberland, England about 4 miles (6 km) north of Alnwick. It was a chapelry in the ancient parish of Embleton. In the UK census of 2011 it had a population of 336.

From 1894 until 1955 it was part of Alnwick Rural District. In 1955 the civil parish was expanded by the absorbtion of the neighbouring parishes of Broxfield, Rock and Stamford. In 1974 rural districts were abolished and Rennington became part of the Alnwick District until 2009 when Northumberland became a unitary authority.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Rennington from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"RENNINGTON, a township-chapelry in Embleton parish, Northumberland; ¾ of a mile W by N of Little Mill [railway] station, and 3¾ N E by N of Alnwick. Post-town, Chathill. Acres: 1,812. Rated property: £1,680. Population: 263. Houses: 51. The property belongs to the Duke of Northumberland. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value: £86. Patron: the Vicar of Embleton. The church is recent; and was preceded by an ancient chapel, originally connected with Lindisfarne priory. There is a national school."

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.