Place:Monks House, Northumberland, England

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Name	Monks House
Alt names	Monkhouse	source: spelling variation
Type	Extra parochial area, Civil parish
Coordinates	55.595°N 1.678°W
Located in	Northumberland, England (1844 - )
Also located in	Durham, England ( - 1844)
See also	Bamburgh Ward, Northumberland, England	ancient division in which it was located
	Belford Rural, Northumberland, England	rural district of which it was part 1894-1955
	North Sunderland, Northumberland, England	civil parish into which it was absorbed in 1955

source: Family History Library Catalog

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

"MONKHOUSE, an extra-parochial tract in Belford [registration] district, Northumberland. Population: 6. House: 1."

John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles of 1887 stated that its area was only 1 acre.

Belford Registration District covered a very wide area. GENUKI's list of registration districts states that it was a detached portion of County Durham transferred to Northumberland in 1844.

Monks House was an extra parochial area on the North Sea coast of Northumberland between the parishes of Bamburgh and Shoreston. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 until 1955 it was part of Belford Rural District. In 1955 the civil parish was abolished and the area was absorbed into the parish of North Sunderland.

Monks House appears to have been the correct name for this settlement, but Monkhouse has been used by some authorities. Monks House was even found on Google Earth.

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Full postal address: Museum and Northumberland Archives, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF; Phone: 01670 624455

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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.