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Name | Wallington Demesne |
Type | Township, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 55.154°N 1.957°W |
Located in | Northumberland, England |
See also | Hartburn, Northumberland, England | ancient parish in which it was a township | | Tynedale Ward, Northumberland, England | ancient county division in which it was located | | Morpeth Rural, Northumberland, England | rural district of which it was part 1894-1974 | | Cambo, Northumberland, England | civil parish absorbed into Wallington Demesne in 1955 | | Corridge, Northumberland, England | civil parish absorbed into Wallington Demesne in 1955 | | Deanham, Northumberland, England | civil parish absorbed into Wallington Demesne in 1955 | | Hartburn Grange, Northumberland, England | civil parish absorbed into Wallington Demesne in 1955 | | Highlaws, Northumberland, England | civil parish absorbed into Wallington Demesne in 1955 | | North Middleton (near Morpeth), Northumberland, England | civil parish absorbed into Wallington Demesne in 1955 | | South Middleton (near Morpeth), Northumberland, England | civil parish absorbed into Wallington Demesne in 1955 | | Todridge, Northumberland, England | civil parish absorbed into Wallington Demesne in 1955 | | Alnwick District, Northumberland, England | district municipality covering the area 1974-2009 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Wallington Demesne from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "WALLINGTON-DEMESNE, a township in Hartburn parish, Northumberland; 12 miles W of Morpeth. Acres: 1,781. Population: 210. Houses: 44. [Wallington] Hall is the seat of Sir W. Trevelyan, Bart."
Wallington Demesne was originally a township in the ancient parish of Hartburn, Northumberland. It became a separate civil parish in 1866, and remains a civil parish. From 1894 until 1955 it was part of Morpeth Rural District. In 1955 it absorbed the nearby parishes of Cambo, Corridge, Deanham, Hartburn Grange, Highlaws, North Middleton, South Middleton, and Todridge.
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.
Categories: Northumberland, England | Wallington Demesne, Northumberland, England | Hartburn, Northumberland, England | Tynedale Ward, Northumberland, England | Morpeth Rural, Northumberland, England | Alnwick District, Northumberland, England
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