Whitfield Northumberland Family History Guide

Whitfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northumberland.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1606
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1760

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Adjacent Parishes

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].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Northumberland, Whitfield – Cemeteries ( 2 )
The church registers of Whitfield, in the county of Northumberland, and diocese of Newcastle-on-Tyne
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitfield (Northumberland); Wood, Herbert Maxwell; Robinson, J. W.

Pre-1851 tombstone inscriptions at Whitfield Parish churchyard, Northumberland
Author: Readdie, J. A.; Mason, D.; Northumberland & Durham Family History Society

England, Northumberland, Whitfield – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Whitfield, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Northumberland, Whitfield – Church records ( 6 )
The church registers of Whitfield, in the county of Northumberland, and diocese of Newcastle-on-Tyne
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitfield (Northumberland); Wood, Herbert Maxwell; Robinson, J. W.

England, Northumberland, Whitfield, bishop’s transcripts, 1762-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitfield (Northumberland); Durham University Library

England, Northumberland, Whitfield, parish registers, 1605-1949
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitfield (Northumberland); Northumberland Archives Service (Ashington, Northumberland)

Parish chest records of Whitfield, 1853-1861
Author: Whitfield (Northumberland)

Parish register transcripts, 1606-1950
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitfield (Northumberland)

Parish registers for Whitfield, 1606-1960
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitfield (Northumberland)

England, Northumberland, Whitfield – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Whitfield, Northumberland, England

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