Whitfield Northumberland Family History Guide
Whitfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northumberland.
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Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1606
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1760
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Adjacent Parishes
- Alston with Garrigill, Cumberland
- Ninebanks
- Allendale
- Haltwhistle
- Knaresdale
- Beltingham
- Kirkhaugh
- Haydon
- West Allen
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WHITFIELD, a parish, with a hamlet, in Haltwhistle district, Northumberland; on the river Allen, 8½ miles SW of Haydon-Bridge r. station. It has a post-office under Carlisle and a good inn.
Acres, 12,125. Real property, £4,720; of which £173 are in mines. Pop., 381. Houses, 63. The manor belonged anciently to the Whitfields; and, with W. Hall, belongs now to Mrs. Blackett Ord. The tract along the river is good and picturesque; but the rest of the surface is high, moorish, and waste.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £320. Patron, Mrs. Blackett Ord. The church was rebuilt in 1860; is in the early English style and cruciform; and has a central tower and spire 150 feet high.
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: Haltwhistle
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Durham
- Rural Deanery: Hexham
- Poor Law Union: Haltwhistle
- Hundred: Tynedale Ward
- Province: York