Name | Spindlestone |
Type | Township, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 55.594°N 1.762°W |
Located in | Northumberland, England |
See also | Bamburgh, Northumberland, England | ancient parish of which it was part | | Bamburgh Ward, Northumberland, England | ancient division in which it was located | | Belford Rural, Northumberland, England | rural district of which it was part 1894-1955 | | Easington, Northumberland, England | civil parish into which it was transferred in 1955 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Spindlestone from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "SPINDLESTONE, a township in Bambrough parish, Northumberland; 2¾ miles E by S of Belford. Acres: 467. Population: 113. Houses: 27. [Spindlestone] hills are celebrated in the ballad of "the Laidley Worm of [Spindlestone] Hengh, written in 1270."
Spindlestone was a township in the ancient parish of Bamburgh. 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 Easington.
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 | Spindlestone, Northumberland, England | Bamburgh, Northumberland, England | Bamburgh Ward, Northumberland, England | Belford Rural, Northumberland, England | Easington, Northumberland, England
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