Place:Stannington, Northumberland, England

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Stannington is a small village and civil parish in central Northumberland, England which is associated with Morpeth. The population of the civil parish was 1,219 at the 2001 UK census, increasing to 1,280 at the 2011 UK census. Stannington is divided into three: Stannington North-East Quarter, Stannington North-West Quarter and Stannington South Quarter. The total area of Stannington, including Stannington Vale, is 10,093 acres (40.84 km2).

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

"STANNINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Castle Ward [registration] district, Northumberland; on the river Blyth, 1 mile W of Plessey [railway] station, and 4½ S by E of Morpeth. It is divided into three quarters, S, NE, and NW; and has a post-office under Cramlington. Acres: 10,093. Real property: £10,038. Population: 1,008. Houses: 194. The manor belonged to Roger de Merlai; passed to the Greystokes, the Somervilles, and others; and belongs now to the Earl of Carlisle. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value: £355. Patron: the Bishop of Chester. The church is old. There are a reformatory school, and a school endowed with £11 per annum for the education of certain poor scholars."

Stannington was an ancient parish in the Castle Ward which also became a civil parish in the 19th century. From 1894 it was part of Castle Ward Rural District. In 1955 the civil parish was increased in size when the parish of Horton Grange was abolished. The parish became part of the Castle Morpeth District of Northumberland from 1974 until 2009. In 2009 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.