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"WARKWORTH, a parish in the eastern division of Morpeth ward, and eastern division of Coquetdale ward, comprises eighteen townships, and is bounded on the north by Shilbottle and Lesbury parishes, on the west by Felton, on the south by Widdrington, and on the east by the German Ocean. The parish contains an area of 19,365 acres; its population in 1801, was 2,033; in 1811, 2,101; in 1821, 2,265; in 1831, 2,478; in 1841, 3,512; and in 1851, 4,439 souls. It is intersected by the river Coquet and by the Newcastle and Berwick railway. The scenery in this district is very beautiful, and gems and pebbles of great value are sometimes found on the bed of tbe Coquet. It abounds with coal and freestone; limestone is also found, and there is a valuable whinstone dyke at Acklington." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].
"WARKWORTH, a parish, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, comprising the townships of Birling, Brotherick, High Buston, Low Buston, Sturton-Grange, and Walkmill, in the eastern division of COQUETDALE ward, and the townships of Amble, - Acklington, Acklington-Park, Bullock's - Hall, East Chevington, and West Chevington, Glosterhill, Hauxley, Hadston, Morrick, Togston, and Warkworth, in the eastern division of MORPETH ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND...." [Samuel Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 © Mel Lockie]
Places covered by the parish registers include Acklington, Amble Broomhill and Chevington
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- Warkworth Castle and Hermitage, English Heritage 1990
- Old Amble and Warkworth, Guthrie Hutton 2014
- Warkworth, Ian Smith 1990
- Warkworth and Alnmouth a short history and guide, Frank Graham 1971
- In and around Alnwick, Morthpeth, Rothbury, and Walkworth, Ian Smith 1991
Warkworth Castle - a Teachers handbook, Hazel Moffat 1998
- Amble the friendliest port a pictorial history P.G. Morrison & T Rylance 1988
- People of the three villages , Radcliffe South Broomhill and East Chevington Amble Local History Society 2001
- Burial Register 1878-1900, Burial Register 1900-1976, Purchased Graves Register 1878-1976 and Grave Plan (Photocopy) for Amble Civil Cemetery, and Burials Grant Books 1910-1957 for Chevington Civil Cemetery are available at Northumberland Record Office
- Northumberland County Record Office holds copies of Census Returns 1841 - 1891 and provides a useful User Guide
- The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN24, CN31) Warkworth, Felton, Shilbottle and Lesbury (PRO piece HO107/2419 folios-275) (Type B) (Book) Woodhorn, Widdrington, Ulgham, Warkworth (part), Bothal, Hebron & Felton (part) (PRO piece HO 107/2418 folios 461-641) (Type B) (Book) published by the https://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ may be of value to researchers interested in this parish.
- A list of ships and crews in port during the 1881 census provided by Bob Sanders.
- 1891 Census Warkworth (Amble, Gloster Hill, Hauxley, Radcliffe, Morwick, Togstone, Acklington, Acklington Park, Lesbury, Bilton, Alnmouth, ships in port and Coquet Lighthouse) (PRO piece RG12/4262) (Type B) (Book) (Volume 72) published by the https://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ may be of value to researchers interested in this parish.
- 1891 census Warkworth (Felton Greens, Glantlees, Swarland, Elyhaugh, Newton on the Moor, Hazon and Hartlaw, Whittle, Shilbottle, Guyzance, Brotherwick, Walkmill, High and Low Buston, Stirton Grange, Birling and Warkworth) (PRO piece RG12/4261) (Type B) (Book) (Volume 71) published by the https://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ may be of value to researchers interested in this parish.
- Acklington St john the Divine
- Amble St Cuthbert
- The Ancestral Indexes website provides information about Acklington, St John, Amble, St Cuthbert and Chevington, St John.
- Warkworth - Church Records - links and information.
- Full transcriptions of Acklington Bishops Transcripts 1855 to 1876 can be found using the link below, please scroll down the list to relevant parish
- https://northumberlandparishregistertranscriptslocalhistory.wordpress.com/
- This area is divided between Northumberland North Second Registration District and Northumberland Central Registration District.
- Certificates of birth, death and marriage can be ordered Locally from Northumberland County Council.
- Warkworth - Description and Travel - links and information.
The Amble Branch Railway ran from the Junction north of Chevington to Amble via Broomhill, on the East Coast main line It was single track to Broomhill and double track to Amble. The line was opened in 1849 by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway to carry coal from the local collieries to Warkworth Harbour. The line was completed and opened to passengers in 1879, with Broomhill Station opening in 1880. It became part of LNER in 1923. The line closed to passengers in 1930 but the goods service continued under the Eastern Region of BR upon Nationalisation in 1948, the service finally being withdrawn in 1964, and the line closing in 1969
- The Amble Branch Bartle Rippon 2007
- The section of The National Gazetteer (1868) relating to this parish - transcribed by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Warkworth to another place.
- Warkworth - History - links and information.
- Warkworth - Maps - links and information.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NU242028 (Lat/Lon: 55.318494, -1.619668), Warkworth which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- A transcript of Warkworth War Memorial provided by Ancestral Indexes.