Alwinton with Holystone, Northumberland Genealogy

Guide to Alwinton with Holystone Parish, Northumberland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Alwinton like this:

ALLENTON, or Alwinton, a township and a parish in Rothbury district, Northumberland. The township lies on the Coquet river, at the influx of the rivulet Allen or Alwin, 13 miles NNW of Scots Gap r. station, and 19 WSW of Alnwick. The parish contains also the townships of Farnham, Sharperton, Peals, Clennel, Burrowden, Biddlestone, Linbridge, Fair hangh, Netherton-North-Side, and Netherton-South Side. Post Town, Harbottle, under Morpeth. The property, together with that of Holystone, is held chiefly by two proprietors. Much of the surface is moor and hill, rising toward the Central Cheviots.

Additional information:

Alwinton St Michael and All Angels with Holystone is an ancient parish. Other places in the parish include: Barrow, Sharperton, Biddlestone, Borrowden, Borrowdon, Burradon, Burrowden, Clenel, Clennel, Clennell, Dues Hill, Dueshill, Fairhaugh, Farnham, Hallystone, Harbottle, Holystone, Linbridge, Linbrig, Linbriggs, Linsheeles, Linshields, Linshiels, Netherton North Side, Netherton South Side, Peals, Peels, and Biddleston.

Civil Registration
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
Alwinton with Holystone parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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.

Non Conformist Records

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
 * 1613-1920 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Poor Law Unions
Rothbury Poor Law Union, Northumberland

Probate Records
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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain