Hide
Byrness
hide
Hide
hide
Hide
Hide
Hide
"BYRNESS is another hamlet in this township [Township of Rochester Ward in Elsdon Parish] situated on the north bank of the Reed twelve miles north-west by west of Elsdon. There has been a burial ground here from time immemorial, and in consequence of its distance from the parish church, a Chapel of Ease was erected in 1800, and endowed with £1,750, of which £1,200 was given by the Rev. L. Dutens, at that time rector of Elsdon, £400 by the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, and £150 by the subscribers to the edifice. The living, a perpetual curacy in the archdeaconry of Lindisfarne and deanery of Rothbury, is in the patronage of the rector of Elsdon, and incumbency of the Rev. John Burrell." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].
Hide
- Northumberland County Record Office holds Copies of Census Returns 1841 - 1891 and provides a useful User Guide
- The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN20) published by the https://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ may be of value to researchers interested in this parish.
Church of England Records.
- Byrness, St Francis: Records of baptisms 1797-1978, marriages 1886-1922 and burials 1813-1977 are available at Northumberland Record Office
- Bishops' Transcripts for the period 1800-1803 and for 1813 are deposited at Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham City. A full transcription of these records can also be found by following the link below please scroll down the page to find the parish required
- https://northumberlandparishregistertranscriptslocalhistory.wordpress.com/
- Byrness is not included in the IGI or in Boyd's Marriage Index.
- Transcripts of baptisms and burials 1797-1812 and of monument inscriptions can be found at the Local Studies Section of newcastle Central Library.
- A photograph of Byrness, St Francis supplied by George Bell.
Adjacent Parishes.
- The following parishes are adjacent to Byrness:- Alwinton, Elsdon, Falstone, Jedburgh ROX, Oxnam ROX, Ramshope, Southdean ROX, Thorneyburn.
- This area is within Northumberland West Registration District.
- Certificates of birth, death and marriage can be ordered from Northumberland County Council.
- Photographs of Catcleugh Reservoir from Les Bell's Northumberland Cam website.
- The section of The National Gazetteer (1868) relating to this parish - transcribed by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Byrness to another place.
- A history of the village of Byrness from the Northumberland National Park website.
- Catcleugh Reservoir in this parish was built between 1891 and 1904. A stained glass window in the church commemorates this mammoth undertaking and a plaque lists those who died over the course of the project. Jane Clark has provided a transcript of the plaque and photographs of the church, plaque and window.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NT770023 (Lat/Lon: 55.314238, -2.363927), Byrness which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.