Place:Bingfield, Northumberland, England

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Bingfield is a village in Northumberland, England. It is situated to the north of Corbridge, off the A68 road with some properties situated on the A68 (Dere Street).

Bingfield likely developed from a farming community in the early 19th century, since most of the buildings date to that era. There was a school in Bingfield, and a church which dates to the late 18th/early 19th century. Bingfield remained largely unchanged from the mid 19th century until after the Second World War. The change began with mechanisation which led to the number of farms being reduced with redundant farm buildings converted into houses for people with no attachment to farming.

Bingfield was a township in the ancient parish of Lee St. John. In 1866 it became a separate civil parish. From 1894 it was part of Hexham Rural District. In 1955 it was abolished as a civil parish and its area was absorbed into the newly formed parish of Whittington.

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.