Tweedmouth, Northumberland Genealogy

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

Parish History
TWEEDMOUTH (St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the union of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Islandshire, N. division of Northumberland; adjoining Berwick with the townships of Ord and Spittle. A part of the parish is included within the boundaries of Berwick. The church, formerly a chapel of ease to Holy Island, was rebuilt in 1783. There are two places of worship for Presbyterians.

Additional information:

Tweedmouth St.Bartholomew was created as a parish in Northumberland in 1737 a former chapelry in the ancient parish of Holy Island.

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
Tweedmouth parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Spittle parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Scremerston 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.

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/254 1764-1885. The Registry entry refers to "North Durham" the former description of Northumberland parishes in the diocese. North Durham references in the Durham Bishop’s Transcripts collection 1700-1900

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.

Tweedmouth, St Bartholomew: Records of baptisms 1711-1907, marriages 1711-1952 and burials 1711-1911 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms and marriages 1711-1812 for this parish, and Boyd's Marriage Index includes marriages 1711-1812 and banns 1776-1812. Transcripts of baptisms and marriages 1711-1812, burials 1711-1762, 1764-1812 and marriages (Scotch) 1785-1816 for Tweedmouth are available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept. Tweedmouth Parish Church Monumental Inscriptions have been published on microfiche by Berwick Record Office. (Indexed).

Poor Law Unions
Berwick 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