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| Name | Willington |
| Alt names | Willington Quay | source: neighbouring settlement |
| Type | Township, Chapelry, Civil parish, Urban district |
| Coordinates | 55°N 1.508°W |
| Located in | Northumberland, England (1974 - ) |
| Also located in | Tyne and Wear, England (1974 - ) |
| See also | Wallsend, Northumberland, England | ancient borough in which it was a township | | Castle Ward, Northumberland, England | ancient county division in which it was located | | Wallsend, Northumberland, England | civil parish into which it was absorbed in 1910 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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In this article Willington and Willington Quay are taken as the same place. At times the community was called Willington, at others Willington Quay. Wikipedia has more of an article on Willington Quay than on Willington and explains its position as an urban district 1894-1910.
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A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Willington from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "WILLINGTON, a township and a chapelry in Walls-end parish, Northumberland. The township lies on the river Tyne, and on the Newcastle and Tynemouth railway, near Howdon [railway] station, and 3 miles WSW of North Shields; and contains [Willington] village, with a post-office under Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and [Willington] Quay, with a post-office under Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Extensive ship-building yards, copper-smelting works, lead-works, fire-brick works, a ropery, and other industrial establishments are at [Willington] Quay. A united Presbyterian church also was built there in 1867: and is in the pointed style, with tower and spire 92 feet high. Robert Stephenson, the civil engineer, was a native; and the Stephenson institute has been erected on the site of his birthplace. Population in 1851: 2,284; in 1861: 3,031. Houses: 399.
- "The chapelry was constituted in 1859. Population: 795. Houses: 153. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value: £222. Patron: alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church is good."
Willington was a township in the ancient parish of Wallsend and became a separate civil parish in 1866. In 1910 the civil parish was abolished and the area was absorbed back into the parish of Wallsend.
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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