Place:Callaly and Yetlington, Northumberland, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

Callaly and Yetlington are two small villages that made up one township and now make up one civil parish in Northumberland, England. They each have a one-sentence article in Wikipedia. Callaly is some 14.5 km (9.0 mi) to the west of Alnwick, Northumberland, England and the location of Callaly Castle.

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

"CALLALEY AND YETHINGTON, a township in Whittingham parish, Northumberland; 5 miles N by W of Rothbury. Acres: 3,970. Population: 261. Houses: 51. Callaley Hall is the seat of the Caverings; and includes some portions of an old castle. Callaley crag is crowned with remains of a Roman entrenchment.

Callaly and Yetlington was a township in the ancient parish of Whittingham and became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 until 1955 it was part of Rothbury Rural District. In 1955 the name of the civil parish was changed to Callaly and it continued to be in Rothbury Rural District until 1974. Also in 1955 Callally absorbed the neighbouring parish of Lorbottle which was abolished. In 1974 rural districts were abolished and Callaly became part of the Alnwick District until 2009 when Northumberland became a unitary authority.

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.