Eglingham Northumberland Family History Guide

Eglingham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Northumberland.

Other places in the parish include: East Lilburn, Ditchburn, Crawley, Branton, Brandon, Beanley, Bassington, Wooperton, West Lilburn, Titlington, Shipley, Plea Piece, Old Bewick, New Bewick, Hedgeley, Harup, Hareup, and Harehope.

Parish church: St. Maurice

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1662
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1762

Nonconformists include: Methodist New Connexion and Presbyterian Church in England.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EGLINGHAM, a township in Alnwick district, and a parish partly also in Glendale district, Northumberland. The township lies between the rivers Alne and Breamish, 6 miles NW of Alnwick r. station; and has a post office under Alnwick. Acres, 1,946. Pop., 363. Houses, 73.

The parish contains also the townships of Titlington, Crawley, Hedgeley, Beanley, Harehope, Ditchburn, Shipley, Bassington, West Lilburn, East Lilburn, Old Bewick, New Bewick, Wooperton, Brandon, and Branton. Acres, 23, 361. Real property, £19, 097; of which £62 are in mines. Pop., 1,845. Houses, 339. The property is subdivided.

The manor belongs to the Ogles. Much of the surface is moorland. Limestone, freestone, and coal abound. A mineral spring, impregnated with vitriol, issues from an old coal draining-drift. A lake of five acres, called Keemer Lough, is rich in perch and very large pike. There are ruins of an old Border tower, and vestiges of British and Roman camps.

The living is a vicarage, annexed to the archdeaconship of Lindisfarne, in the diocese of Durham. Value, £835. The church is good; and there is a Presbyterian chapel.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Eglingham

England, Northumberland, Eglingham – Cemeteries ( 1 )
England, Northumberland, Eglingham, monumental inscriptions
Author: Northumberland Archives Service (Ashington, Northumberland)

England, Northumberland, Eglingham – Census ( 3 )
Census returns for Eglingham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Eglingham census, 1851-1881

England, Northumberland, Eglingham, census transcripts
Author: Northumberland Archives Service (Ashington, Northumberland)

England, Northumberland, Eglingham – Church records ( 8 )
Church records of Branton Presbyterian Church, 1785-1837
Author: Branton Presbyterian Church (Branton, Northumberland)

Church records, 1653-1893
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Eglingham (Northumberland)

England, Northumberland, Eglingham, bishop’s transcripts, 1762-1842
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Eglingham (Northumberland); Durham University Library

England, Northumberland, Eglingham, church records

England, Northumberland, Eglingham, parish register transcripts
Author: Northumberland Archives Service (Ashington, Northumberland)

Parish registers for Eglingham, 1662-1951
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Eglingham (Northumberland); Northumberland Archives Service (Ashington, Northumberland)

The registers of Eglingham in the county of Northumberland : baptisms 1662-1812, marriages 1663-1812, burials 1662-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Eglingham (Northumberland); Wood, Herbert Maxwell; Martin, K. A.

The registers of Eglingham, in the county of Northumberland
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Eglingham (Northumberland); Martin, K. A.; Wood, Herbert Maxwell

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

England, Northumberland, Eglingham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Church records, 1653-1893
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Eglingham (Northumberland)

Old Bewick

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

England, Northumberland, Old Bewick – Schools ( 1 )
School records of Old Bewick School, 1869-1926
Author: Old Bewick School (Old Bewick, Northumberland)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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