Meldon Northumberland Family History Guide

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Meldon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northumberland.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1706
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1769

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MELDON, a parish in Morpeth district, Northumberland; on the Wansbeck river and the Wansbeck Valley railway, 6 miles W by S of Morpeth. It has a station on the railway; and its Post town is Morpeth. Acres, 993. Real property, £.2,548. Pop., 144. Houses, 27.

The manor, with Meldon Park, belongs to John Cookson, Esq. Meldon Tower existed in the time of Henry VI.; was the seat of the Fenwicks; is associated, in curious local tradition, with Meg o’ Meldon, mother of Sir W. Fenwick in the 17th century; and has completely disappeared. Meldon Water-mill is said to have been a momentary resting-point of Oliver Cromwell in 1651.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £288. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church was restored by Dr. Raine, the antiquary, who was rector.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Northumberland, Meldon – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Inscriptions in the church and churchyard of Meldon, Northumberland

The monumental incsriptions of the parish church and churchyard of St. John the Baptist, Meldon, Northumberland
Author: Thirkell, Philip R. G.

England, Northumberland, Meldon – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Meldon, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Northumberland, Meldon – Church records ( 6 )
England, Northumberland, Hartburn, parish registers, 1678-2009
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hartburn (Northumberland); Church of England. Parish Church of Meldon (Northumberland); Northumberland County Record Office (England)

England, Northumberland, Meldon, bishop’s transcripts, 1769-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Meldon (Northumberland); Durham University Library

England, Northumberland, Meldon, parish registers, 1896-1910
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Meldon (Northumberland); Northumberland Archives Service (Ashington, Northumberland)

Parish chest records of Meldon, 1890-1896
Author: Meldon (Northumberland)

Parish registers of Meldon, Northumberland, 1706-1939
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Meldon (Northumberland)

The registers of Meldon, in the county of Northumberland : baptisms, 1706-1812, marriages, 1727-1812, burials, 1716-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Meldon (Northumberland); Wood, Herbert Maxwell

England, Northumberland, Meldon – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Meldon, Nhumn., Eng

Administration

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