Place:Milfield, Northumberland, England

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Milfield is a village in Northumberland, England about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Wooler. The A697 road passes through the village.

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

"MILFIELD, a village and a township in Kirknewton parish, Northumberland. The village stands on the river Till, 4½ miles NW of Wooler; is the Maelmain of Bede; was a seat of the kings of Northumbria; and has a post office under Alnwick. The township comprises 1,471 acres. Population: 225. Houses: 49. Milfield Hall is a chief residence. Milfield Plain was the scene of a discomfiture of the Scots, by Bulmer, before the battle of Flodden. Roman relics have been found. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel."

Milfield was a township in the ancient parish of Kirknewton and became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 until 1974 the parish was part of Glendale Rural District. In 1974 rural districts were abolished and Milfield became part of the Berwick upon Tweed District until 2009 when Northumberland became a unitary authority. Milfield did not absorb any other parishes and remains as a civil parish today.

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.