Place:Cartington, Northumberland, England

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Cartington is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is about 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Alnwick, and about 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Rothbury, and had a population of 97 in the UK census of 2001. At the 2011 Census the population remained less than 100. Details were included in Callaly parish.

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

"CARTINGTON, a township in Rothbury parish, Northumberland; on an affluent of the river Coquet, 3 miles NW by N of Rothbury. It includes the township of Bankhead and the hamlet of Sandylands. Acres: 1,912. Population: 84. Houses: 15. Cartington Castle was a seat of the Ratcliffes and the Widdringtons. "

Cartington was a township in the ancient parish of Rothbury and became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 until 1974 it was part of Rothbury Rural District. In 1955 Cartington absorbed the civil parishes of Debdon and Mount Healey, so that the parish now surrounds Rothbury on almost three sides.

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.