Stamfordham Northumberland Family History Guide
Stamfordham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northumberland.
Other places in the parish include: Cheesburn Grange, Blackheddon, Black Heddon, Bitchfield, Walridge;, Wallridge, Walbridge, Ryall, Ryal, Rouchester, Ouston, Nesbitt, Nesbit, Kearsley, Ingoe, Heugh, Hawkwell, Fenwick near Newcastle upon Tyne, Fenwick, and Cheeseburn Grange.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1662
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1769
Nonconformists include: Presbyterian, Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Bywell St Andrew
- Bywell St Peter
- Ovingham
- Corbridge
- Kirkheaton
- St Oswald in Lee
- Bingfield St Mary
- Whalton
- Newburn
- Heddon on the Wall
- Bolam
- Matfen
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STAMFORDHAM, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Castle Ward district. Northumberland.
The village stands on the river Pont, 6½ miles NNW of Wylam r. station, and 12 NW by W of Newcastle; was once a market-town; retains, on its green, a small but picturesque market house of 1785; is a polling place; and has a post-office under Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and fairs on 20 Apriland 15 Aug.
The parish contains 14 townships, and comprises 18,089 acres. Real property, £21,603; of which £152 are in mines. Pop., 1,800. Houses, 350. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £520. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1849.
The p. curacy of Matfen is a separate benefice. A chapel of ease is at Ryall; and there are a U. Presbyterian church, an endowed school with £200 a year, and charities £12.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Northumberland
- Civil Registration District: Castle Ward
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Durham
- Rural Deanery: Corbridge
- Poor Law Union: Castle Ward
- Hundred: Tynedale Ward
- Province: York