Whalton Northumberland Family History Guide
Whalton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northumberland.
Other places in the parish include: Riplington, Ogle, Newham near Morpeth, and Newham.
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Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1661
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1769
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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].
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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: Morpeth
- Poor Law Union: Castle Ward
- Hundred: Castle Ward
- Province: York