Place:Walridge, Northumberland, England

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NameWalridge
Alt namesWallridgesource: spelling variation
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates55.083°N 1.917°W
Located inNorthumberland, England     ( - 1955)
See alsoStamfordham, Northumberland, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Tynedale Ward, Northumberland, Englandancient county division in which it was located
Castle Ward Rural, Northumberland, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1955
Stamfordham, Northumberland, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1955
source: Family History Library Catalog


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

"WALRIDGE, a township in Stamfordham parish, Northumberland; 11 miles NE of Hexham. Acres: 191. Population: 4. House: 1."

Walridge was a township in the ancient parish of Stamfordham and became a separate civil parish in 1866. In 1955 the civil parish was abolished and the area was absorbed back into the parish of Stamfordham.

Now visible on Google Earth as "Wallridge Farmhouse, Ingoe" at the western end of a row of houses on the road leading east to Ingoe.

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.