Kirknewton Northumberland Family History Guide

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Kirknewton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northumberland.

Other places in the parish include: Milfield, Lanton, Kilham with Thornington, Kilham, Howtell, Howtel, Hethpool, Heathpool, Greys Forest, Grey’s Forest, Crookhouse, Coupland, Coldsnouth, Coldsmouth and Thompsons Walls, Coldsmouth and Thompson’s Walls, Coldsmouth with Thompson Walls, Canna Mill, Akeld, Yeavering, Westnewton, West Newton, Thornington, Selbys Forest, Selby’s Forest, Pawston, and Paston.

Alternative names: Kirk-Newton

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1670
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1762

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Kirknewton Parish Registers

Bishops Transcripts

Explore the Bishops’ Transcripts for the Diocese of Durham (1639–1919) – This collection offers parish register copies submitted annually to the Bishop, covering baptisms, marriages, and burials across Durham, Northumberland, and parts of Yorkshire and Cumberland. Ideal for tracing ancestors when original registers are missing or incomplete.

Kirknewton Bishops Transcripts 1762-1837

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KIRKNEWTON, a township and a parish in Glendale district, Northumberland. The township lies on the river Glen, under the Cheviots, near the railway from Scots-Gap to the Tweed, 3¾ miles E of the boundary with Scotland, and 5 WNW of Wooler. Acres, 2, 217. Pop., 79. Houses, 15.

The parish contains also the townships of Howtell, Kilham, Paston, Coldsmouth-with-Thompsons-Walls, Greys-Forest, Heathpool, West Newton, Crookhouse, Lanton, .Yeavering, Coupland, Selbys-Forest, Akeld, and Milfield; the last of which has a post-office under Alnwick. Acres, 37, 976. Real property, £21, 778. Pop. in 1851, 1, 732; in 1861, 1, 503. Houses, 291. The property is much divided. The surface includes much mountain pasture, and contains a fine variety of scenery.

Coupland Castle is a Border tower, with additions of 1614; belonged to the ancient family of Coupland; passed to the Wallaces; and belongs now to M. T. Culley, Esq. Milfield was a residence of the Kings of Bernicia; was also the scene of a contest which preceded the battle of Flodden; and now has a handsome mansion, the seat of G. A. Grey, Esq. Yeavering was a residence of the Kings of Bernicia, prior to Milfield, or till the death of Edwin. Howtell has a fragment of an ancient Border tower, built into farmhouses.

Lanton Hill is crowned with an obeliskal monument, erected by the late Sir W. Davidson. Vestiges of ancient camps and extensive earth works are on the hills; and various relics of the ancient Britons and the Romans have been found.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £631. Patrons, the Marquis of Bute’s Trustees. The church is very ancient; shows traces of Norman architecture; and was recently restored. There are chapels for Presbyterians, Independents, and Primitive Methodists at Milfield, and a national school at Kirknewton, and denominational schools at Milfield and Howtel.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Administration

  • County: Northumberland
  • Civil Registration District: Glendale
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Durham
  • Rural Deanery: Bamburgh
  • Poor Law Union: Glendale
  • Hundred: Glendale Ward
  • Province: York