Place:Ilderton, Northumberland, England

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Ilderton is a small village in Northumberland, England. It is located on the edge of the Northumberland National Park, between Lilburn in the east and Hedgehope Hill in the west. It had a population of 235 in the 2011 UK census.

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

"ILDERTON, a township and a parish in Glendale [registration] district, Northumberland. The township lies under the Cheviots, 5 miles SSE of Wooler, and 12½ NW by W of Alnwick[railway] station. Population: 124. Houses: 22.

"The parish contains also the townships of Roseden, Roddam, Middleton Hall, North Middleton, and South Middleton. Post town, Wooler, under Alnwick. Acres: 9, 670. Real property: £7,820. Population: 571. Houses: 102. The property is divided among a few. The manor anciently belonged to the Ildertons. Much of the surface is upland. Hedgehope mountain has an altitude of 2,347 feet. A Druidical circle of 10 stones is under Hedgehope; and an ancient camp is on Roseden Edge. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value: £150. Patron: the Duke of Northumberland. The church is modern, and has a tower, part of which is ancient."

Ilderton was an ancient parish in the Glendale Ward which also became a civil parish in the 19th century. From 1894 it was part of Glendale Rural District. In 1955 it absorbed the civil parished of North Middleton (near Wooler) and South Middleton (near Wooler). In 1974 rural districts were abolished and Ilderton became part of the Berwick upon Tweed District until 2009 when Northumberland became a unitary authority.

Townships in parish

• Middleton Hall
• North Middleton (near Wooler)
• Roddam
• Roseden
• South Middleton (near Wooler)

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.