Name | Longridge |
Type | Township, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 55.743°N 2.068°W |
Located in | Northumberland, England (1844 - 1955) |
Also located in | Durham, England ( - 1844) |
See also | Norham, Northumberland, England | ancient parish of which it was a part | | Norhamshire, Northumberland, England | ancient county division in which it was located | | Norham and Islandshires Rural, Northumberland, England | rural district of which it was part 1894-1955 | | Horncliffe, Northumberland, England | parish into which it was absorbed in 1955 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Longridge from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "LONGRIDGE, a township in Norham parish, Northumberland; 3½ miles SW of Berwick-on-Tweed. Acres: 558. Population: 57. Houses: 16. Longridge House is a chief residence."
Longridge was a township in the ancient parish of Simonburn and became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 until 1974 it was part of Norham and Islandshires Rural District. In 1955 it was absorbed into the adjacent parish of Horncliffe.
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.
Categories: Northumberland, England | Longridge, Northumberland, England | Norham, Northumberland, England | Norhamshire, Northumberland, England | Norham and Islandshires Rural, Northumberland, England | Horncliffe, Northumberland, England
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