Mitford, Northumberland Genealogy
Guide to Mitford, Northumberland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Mitford, Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 Mitford St Mary Magdalene Northumberland | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Castle; Morpeth |
| County | Northumberland |
| Poor Law Union | Morpeth |
| Registration District | Morpeth |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1651 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1769 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Morpeth |
| Diocese | Durham |
| Province | York |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Northumberland Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
MITFORD, a parish, in the union of Morpeth, partly in the W. division of Castle ward, in the S., and partly in the W. division of Morpeth ward, in the N., division of Northumberland, 1¾ mile (W. by S.) from Morpeth.[1]
Additional information:
Mitford St Mary Magdalene is an Ancient Parish and includes: Benridge, Edington, Espley, Heighley, High and Low Highlaws, High and Low Highley, Highlaw-Gate, Molesden, Newton Park, Newton Underwood, Nun-Riding, Nunridge, Nunriding, Pigdon, Spital Hill, Spittal Hill, Spittle Hill, Throp Hill, Throphill, and Thropple. The Church was built in 1135 in the shape of a cross. The bell is claimed to be the oldest in Britain.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church Records [edit | edit source]
Mitford parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Mitford Online Parish Records | ||||||
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FS PRs | 1538-1950 | 1538-1950 | 1538-1950 | |||
| FS Marr | 1692-1900 | |||||
| FS BTs | 1639-1919 | 1639-1919 | 1639-1919 | |||
| FS Misc | 969-2007 | 969-2007 | 969-2007 | |||
| FS | 1538-1975 | 1538-1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
| FREG | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | |||
| FMP | 1538-1990 | 1538-1989 | 1538-2000 | |||
| TGEN | 1700s-1800s | 1700s-1800s | 1700s-1800s | |||
| JOIN | 1538-1837 | |||||
| BOYD | 1538-1850 | |||||
| NBI | 1574-1991 | |||||
| IGI | ||||||
| FS Catalog PRs | ||||||
| FS Catalog BTs | ||||||
To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
Records are also available at the Northumberland Archives.
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Morpeth Poor Law Union, Northumberland
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Northumberland Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England(1848), Date accessed: 07 August 2013.
- ↑ Searching Parish Records online (Northumberland) - The Following Parishes are Available at TheGenealogist, ParishRegister.co.uk, accessed 23 April 2019.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk
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