Lowick, Northumberland Genealogy

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

Parish History
LOWICK, a parish, in the union of Glendale, E. division of Glendale ward, N. division of Northumberland, 8 miles (N. by E.) from Wooler; The village stands nearly in the centre of the parish,The church was rebuilt in 1794. There is a place of worship for Presbyterians.

Additional information:

Lowick St John the Baptist is an Ancient parish and includes Barmoor, Bowsden, Bowsdon, Holborn, Holburn, and Laverick Law. The first incumbent as Rector was Ralph circa 1228.

Lowick village stands in the centre of its parish, which carries the same name. The Anglican church of St. John the Baptist, built in the early English style, is the parish church. The present building dates from 1794, and was added to in 1887, the chancel and vestry work being carried out by F. R. Wilson, who also worked for the Percy family, Earls and Dukes of Northumberland. A church has stood on the site since the twelfth century; the monks of Lindisfarne built the Norman chapel here when the ancient parish was sub-divided. The register for the church dates from about 1720. There is also a long history of Presbyterianism here; both Scottish and English Presbyterians had premises at Lowick. The Scottish congregation has been in existence since 1662, formed by Rev. Luke Ogle, who resigned as minister at Berwick as a consequence of the act of uniformity and retired to nearby Bowsden. This congregation is one of the oldest non-conformist groups in the country.

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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
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Chapelry is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.

Online Parish Records Table

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 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Northumberland ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Northumberland ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformist Churches (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)

Lowick, Haggerston Castle (Roman Catholic): Records of baptisms 1786-1789 and 1841-1853, marriages 1842-1890 and burials 1790-1836 are available at Northumberland Collections Service and at Berwick upon Tweed Record Office.

Northumberland Collections Service has the following records for nonconformist churches located in this parish:


 * Lowick P.M. Circuit (Methodist) - Baptisms 1869-1932
 * Lowick, English (Presbyterian) - Births/baptisms 1920-1935.
 * Lowick, Scotch (Presbyterian) - Births/baptisms 1804-1849, 1906-1975.
 * Lowick Scotch Presbyterian Church, Baptisms 1804-1849 have been published on microfiche by Berwick Record Office.

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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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