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Rothbury 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 Rothbury to the northwest of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and bordering Scotland on the west, Glendale Rural Distict on the north and Alnwick Rural District on the northeast. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, most of it was merged to form part of the Alnwick District.
List of Parishes
Ancient parishes are listed in bold type.
Parish | Description | Duration | Destination
| Alnham | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Alnham in the Alnwick District
| Alwinton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Alwinton in the Alnwick District
| Barrow | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | Alwinton
| Bickerton | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | Hepple
| Biddlestone | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Biddlestone in the Alnwick District
| Brinkburn | civil parish | 1955 - 1974 | remained as Brinkburn in the Alnwick District
| Brinkburn High Ward | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Brinkburn
| Brinkburn Low Ward | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Brinkburn
| Burradon (near Rothbury) | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Alwinton
| Caistron | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Hepple
| Callaly | civil parish | 1955 - 1974 | remained as Callaly in the Alnwick District
| Callaly and Yetlington | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | became the parish of Callaly in 1955
| Cartington | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Cartington in the Alnwick District
| Clennel | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Biddlestone
| Coatyards | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Nunnykirk
| Debdon | civil parish | 1896 - 1955 | Cartington
| Elsdon | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Elsdon in the Alnwick District
| Ewesley | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Nunnykirk
| Fairhaugh | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Alwinton
| Fairnley | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Rothley
| Fallowlees | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Hollinghill
| Farnham | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Hepple
| Flotterton | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Snitter
| Great Ryle | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Alnham
| Greenleighton | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Hollinghill
| Harbottle | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Harbottle in the Alnwick District
| Hartington | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Rothley
| Hartington Hall | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Rothley
| Harwood | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Hollinghill
| Healey and Combhill | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Nunnykirk
| Hepple | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Hepple in the Alnwick District
| Hesleyhurst or Hesley Hurst | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Hesleyhurst or Hesley Hurst in the Alnwick District
| High and Low Trewhitt | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Netherton
| Hollinghill | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Hollinghill in the Alnwick District
| Holystone | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Harbottle
| Kidland | extra parochial area, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Alwinton
| Linbridge | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Alwinton
| Linsheeles | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Alwinton
| Little Ryle | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Alnham
| Longframlington | chapelry, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Longframlington in the Alnwick District
| Lorbottle | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Callaly
| Monkridge | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Elsdon
| Mount Healey | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Cartington
| Netherton | civil parish | 1955 - 1974 | remained as Netherton in the Alnwick District
| Netherton North Side | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Netherton
| Netherton South Side | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Netherton
| Newtown (near Rothbury) | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Tosson
| Nunnykirk | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Nunnykirk in the Alnwick District
| Peels | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Harbottle
| Prendwick | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Alnham (1955)
| Raw | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Brinkburn
| Ritton Coltpark | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Nunnykirk
| Ritton Whitehouse | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Nunnykirk
| Rothbury | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1896 | became an urban district until 1955
| Rothbury | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1935 - 1974 | remained as Rothbury in the Alnwick District
| Rothley | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Rothley in the Alnwick District
| Scrainwood | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Alnham (1955)
| Sharperton | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | Harbottle
| Snitter | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Snitter in the Alnwick District
| Thropton | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Thropton in the Alnwick District
| Todburn | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Nunnykirk
| Tosson | civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Tosson in the Alnwick District
| Unthank | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Alnham
| Warton | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Snitter
| Whittingham | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | remained as Whittingham in the Alnwick District
| Whitton | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Tosson
| Wingates | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Nunnykirk
| Woodside | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Hepple
| Wreighill | township, civil parish | 1894 - 1955 | Hepple
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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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