Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland Genealogy

England Northumberland  Northumberland Parishes

= Parish History =

CORNHILL, a parish, in the union of Berwickupon-Tweed, in Norhamshire, N. division of Northumberland, 1½ mile (E. by S.) from Coldstream.

Additional information:

Cornhill chapelry created in 1730 from the older Norham Parish. St Helen's parish church was buit in 1840, a church is reputed to have stood on the site since 1082 and it thought that there has been a church since Saxon times.

= Parish Records =

Records of baptisms 1701-1902, marriages 1697-1993 and burials 1695-1993 are available at Northumberland Collections Service.

Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/60 1760-1879 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at Record Search.

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.