Ilderton, Northumberland Genealogy

Guide to Ilderton, Northumberland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
ILDERTON (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Glendale, N. division of Coquetdale ward and of Northumberland; consisting of the townships of Ilderton, Middleton-Hall, North and South Middleton, Roddam, and Roseden. The parish is intersected by the Coldgate, Lilburn, Roddam, and several minor streams.

Additional information:

Ilderton St Michael is an ancient parish and includes: Other places in the parish include: Middleton Hall, North Middleton, North Middleton near Wooler, Plea Piece, Roddam, Rodham, Roseden, Rosedon, South Middleton, and South Middleton near Wooler.

The church of St. Michael, erected on the site of an older building, is a modern edifice of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and an embattled western tower, the base of which is of ancient date, containing one bell; the font is dated 1727: the church was repaired and new roofed in 1851, and was again restored and reseated in 1879, when the chancel was also richly decorated: there are 400 sittings. The register dates from the year 1723. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £94, net yearly value £170, including 50 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Duke of Northumberland K.G., P.C. and held since 1887 by the Rev. John Robert Fleming M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. [Kelly's Directory of Durham and Northumberland (1890), page 800.]

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Civil Registration
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Church Records
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Church of England
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 * Joiner Marriage Index - Northumberland ($)
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Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

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

Poor Law Unions
Glendale 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.

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