Place:Henshaw, Northumberland, England

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the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Henshaw in Northumberland, England is a village in the vicinity of the ancient Hadrian's Wall, widely acknowledged to be the most significant Roman monument in Britain. Henshaw had a population of 762 in the UK census of 2011.

Local genealogy places the Cowings, Lambs, Robsons and Dickinsons as some of the families well known in this locale at least since the 19th century. (Wikipedia sourced this fact from [www.bardonmillandhenshaw.org.uk a now defunct website].)

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

"HENSHAW, a township in Haltwhistle parish, Northumberland; on the South Tyne river, and on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, near Bardon-Mill [railway] station, 3½ miles E of Haltwhistle. Acres: 11,255. Population: 550. Houses: 126. The manor belongs to Sir Edward Blackett. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists."

Henshaw was a township in the ancient parish of Haltwhistle and became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 until 1974 the parish was part of Haltwhistle Rural District. In 1974 rural districts were abolished and Henshaw became part of the Tynedale 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.