Ingram, Northumberland Genealogy

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

Parish History
INGRAM (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Glendale, N. division of Coquetdale ward and of Northumberland, 5 miles (N. W.) from Whittingham; containing, with the two townships of Fawdon with Clinch and Hartside, and Reaveley,The hamlet of Greenshaw-Hill lies a little to the east of Hartside, near the road between Wooler and Morpeth. there is every reason to infer that the parish was formerly much more populous than it is at present.

Additional information:

Ingram St Michael and All Angels is an extensive Ancient Parish The main church in Ingram is dedicated to St Michael. The earliest parts date to the 12th century. There was also probably a 12th century chapel at Brandon, though it was completely rebuilt before it fell into ruins. It was only the early font which suggested the 12th century date. The tower of St Michael’s church was strongly built and may have acted as a stronghold during the Scottish raids in the late medieval period, and would also have been a defence against the later Border Reivers. A small tower was also built near the church as a fortified home for the parish priest.

Other places in the parish include: Clinch, Fawdon, Fawdon, Clinch and Hartside, Hartside, Ingram, Linhope and Greenshawhill, Ingham, Linhop and Greenshawhill, and Reaveley.

'Ingbirchworth - Ingram', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 611-614. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51062 Date accessed: 06 March 2011

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
Ingram 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.

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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain