Place:Whittonstall, Northumberland, England

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NameWhittonstall
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates54.911°N 1.894°W
Located inNorthumberland, England
See alsoBywell St. Peter, Northumberland, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Tynedale Ward, Northumberland, Englandancient county division in which it was located
Hexham Rural, Northumberland, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1955
Shotley Low Quarter, Northumberland, Englandcivil parish to which it was transferred in 1955
source: Family History Library Catalog

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

"WHITTONSTALL, a township-chapelry in Bywell-St. Peter parish, Northumberland; 3¼ miles N NW of Shotley-Bridge, and 3½ SSW of Stocksfield [railway] station. Post town: Stocksfield, Northumberland. Acres: 1,968. Population: 219. Houses: 39. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value: £45. Patrons: the Trustees of Lord Crewe. The church was built in 1832."

Whittonstall was originally a township in the ancient parish of Bywell St. Peter. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 until 1955 it was part of Hexham Rural District. In 1955 it was abolished and its area transferred to the civil parish of Shotley Low Quarter.

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