Place:Slaley, Northumberland, England

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Slaley is a village in Northumberland, England. It is situated to the southeast of Hexham. According to the UK census of 2011, it had a population of 711.

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

"SLALEY, a parish, with a village, in Hexham [registration] district, Northumberland; 3¾ miles S of Corbridge [railway] station. It has a post-office under Hexham. Acres: 7,430. Real property: £2,897; of which £60 are in mines. Population: 561. Houses: 113. The property is much subdivided. Lead-works are at Dukesfield; and ochre is found on Slaley fell. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value: £103. Patron: W. B. Beaumont, Esq. The church was built in 1832. Charities, £14."

Slaley was an ancient parish in the Tynedale Ward which also became a civil parish in the 19th century. Slaley had no townships. From 1894 until 1974 it was part of Hexham Rural District. In 1974 rural districts were abolished and Slaley became part of the Tynedale 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.

• 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.