Whalton Northumberland Family History Guide

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Whalton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northumberland.

Other places in the parish include: Riplington, Ogle, Newham near Morpeth, and Newham.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1661
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1769

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Whalton 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.

Whalton Bishops Transcripts 1769-1825

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WHALTON, a parish, with a village and four townships, in Castle-Ward district, Northumberland; 2½ miles SE by S of Meldon r. station, and 6 SW of Morpeth. It has a post-office under Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Acres, 5,918. Real property, £7,356. Pop., 495. Houses, 103. The property is subdivided. There are traces of a Roman camp, and slight remains of Ogle Castle. Freestone and limestone are quarried. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £753. Patron, R. Bates, Esq. The church was restored in 1783. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and partially endowed British schools.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

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