Rock Northumberland Family History Guide

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Rock is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Northumberland, created in 1767 from a chapelry in Embleton Ancient Parish.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1768
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1769

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Embleton 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.

Rock Bishops Transcripts 1769-1847

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ROCK, a township-chapelry in Embleton parish, Northumberland; 1 mile S W by S of Christon-Bank r. station, and 4¾ NNE of Alnwick. It has a post-office under Alnwick. Acres, 1, 973. Pop., 230. Houses, 41. R. House is the seat of the Rev. R. W. Bosanquet; and includes an ancient ivy-clad tower, which belonged formerly to the Lawsons and the Salkelds. There is some fine scenery. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £86. Patron, the Vicar of Embleton. The church is mainly Norman, with modern apse and belfry.

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: Alnwick
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Durham
  • Rural Deanery: Alnwick
  • Poor Law Union: Alnwick
  • Hundred: Bamburgh Ward
  • Province: York