Place:Bebside, Northumberland, England

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Bebside is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Blyth, in Northumberland, in England. It is situated to the west of Blyth. It was formerly a mining village, the mine associated with the village operated between 1858 and 1926. It was served by Bebside railway station, from 1850 to 1964. In 1911 the parish had a population of 58.

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

"BEBSIDE, a township in Horton parish, Northumberland; on the Blyth railway, 2¾ miles W of Blyth. It has a [railway] station, and extensive iron-works. Population: 53."

Bebside was a township in the ancient parish of Horton and became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 it was part of Tynemouth Rural District. In 1912 the civil parish was transferred to Blyth Urban District/Municipal Borough and then in 1920 Bebside was abolished completely and the area absorbed into the civil parish of Blyth.

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.