Place:Norham and Islandshires Rural, Northumberland, England

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NameNorham and Islandshires Rural
TypeRural district
Located inNorthumberland, England     (1894 - 1974)
See alsoBerwick upon Tweed District, Northumberland, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2009
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Norham and Islandshires was a rural district in Northumberland, England from 1894 to 1974. It was located immediately south of the border with Scotland.

The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Berwick Rural Sanitary District. It contained all the historic area of Norhamshire and most of Islandshire, including Norham and Holy Island (Lindisfarne), which had both been under the jurisdiction of the County Palatine of Durham until 1844.

The district survived until 1974, when it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972. It then formed major part, geographically, of the Borough of Berwick upon Tweed which existed until 2009. The county of Northumberland is now a unitary authority.

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List of Parishes

Ancient parishes are listed in bold type.

ParishDescriptionAncient DistrictDuration    Destination
Ancroft chapelry, civil parish Islandshire 1894 - 1974 Berwick upon Tweed District
Cornhill on Tweed chapelry, civil parish Norhamshire 1844 - 1974 Berwick upon Tweed District
Duddo township, civil parish Norhamshire 1894 - 1974 Berwick upon Tweed District
Felkington township, civil parish Norhamshire 1894 - 1955 Duddo (1955)
Grindon township, civil parish Norhamshire 1894 - 1955 Duddo (1955)
Holy Island parish (ancient), civil parish Islandshire 1894 - 1974 Berwick upon Tweed District
Horncliffe township, civil parish Norhamshire 1894 - 1974 Berwick upon Tweed District
Kyloe chapelry, civil parish Islandshire 1894 - 1974 Berwick upon Tweed District
Loanend township, civil parish Norhamshire 1894 - 1955 Horncliffe (1955)
Longridge township, civil parish Norhamshire 1894 - 1955 Horncliffe (1955)
Lowick township, civil parish Islandshire 1894 - 1955 large part to Bowsden; retained the rest
Norham parish (ancient), civil parish Norhamshire 1894 - 1974 Berwick upon Tweed District
Norham Mains township, civil parish Norhamshire 1894 - 1955 Horncliffe (1955)
Ord civil parish established 1891 1894 - 1974 Berwick upon Tweed District
Shoreswood township, civil parish Norhamshire 1894 - 1974 Berwick upon Tweed District
Thornton township, civil parish Norhamshire 1894 - 1955 Shoreswood (1955)
Twizell (near Norham) township, civil parish Norhamshire 1894 - 1955 Norham (1955)
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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.
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