Ilderton, Northumberland Genealogy

England Northumberland

Parish History
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.

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; and containing 585 inhabitants, of whom 121 are in the township of Ilderton, 4½ miles (S. S. E.) from Wooler. The parish is intersected by the Coldgate, Lilburn, Roddam, and several minor streams, and comprises by computation 13,000 acres, of which about 5000 are in Ilderton township; of the latter, 1000 acres are arable, 60 wood, and 3940 moorland. The eastern portion has a light, gravelly, sharp soil, and the western portion is chiefly moss, heather, and bent; the surface is hilly, and in some parts mountainous. The road from Edinburgh to Newcastle passes through, and the river Breamish on the south side. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £4; net income, £96; patron, the Duke of Northumberland: the glebe contains about 50 acres. The church is a modern edifice, situated on an eminence, and consisting of a nave, chancel, and square tower. A parsonage-house was built in 1843. On Roseden-Edge are the remains of a square encampment; and between the village of Ilderton and Hedgehope is a temple of the Druids, consisting of ten large unequal stones, placed in the form of an oval, 38 yards in diameter from east to west, and 33 from north to south.From: 'Ifield - Ilkley', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 603-608. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51060 Date accessed: 06 March 2011.

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.]

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.

Parish Records
Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections Reference number: DDR/EA/PBT/2/149 Date: 1765-1869 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at FamilySearch Historical Records.

The dates of the post-1760 transcripts have been noted in detail and sometimes only cover years. For most parishes in the collection there are gaps in the sequence of transcripts. It is advisable to consult the original parish registers for these years and events.

Ilderton, St Michael: Records of baptisms 1724-1900, marriages 1727-1904 and burials 1727-1930 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1724-1812 and marriages 1727-1812 for this parish, and Boyd's Marriage Index includes marriages 1727-1812 and banns 1751-1812. Transcripts of baptisms 1724-1812, marriages and burials 1727-1812 and banns 1754-1812 for Ilderton are available in the Local Studies Departments of Newcastle Central Library and Gateshead Central Library.

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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