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"HEXHAM parish is bounded on the north by the Tyne, on the west and south-west by the parishes of Allendale and Warden, on the south by the county of Durham, and on the south-east and north-east by the parishes of Corbridge, Slaley, and Shotley. It comprises the townships of Hexham, High Quarter, Low Quarter, Middle Quarter, and West Quarter, whose united area is 27,973 acres. The population in 1801, was 4,565; in 1811, 4,855; in l821, 5,436; in 1831, 6,042; in 1841, 5,989; and in 1851, 6,537 souls. The soil is various; the valleys in general, are rich and highly cultivated, while the greater part of the high lands is quite unimprovable, and produces only poor grasses or heath. The vale of Hexham is peculiarly striking and beautiful, and the nurseries, gardens, shrubberies, and woods, are numerous and flourishing. Of this lovely vale, it is justly said, 'harvests are the earliest, its trees have the richest foliage, and its landscape the most-diversified of any in Northumberland.' This parish is intersected by the Newscastle and Carlisle Railway. The land in this district belongs to a great number of proprietors; the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital are, however, the principal landowners." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].
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Contains the chapelry of Whitley
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- The Black Book of Hexham, A Northern Monastic estate 113-1536 Richard Britnell and Andy King Hexham Local History Society 2011
- A History of Hexham, Andrew Wright Briggs, 1973
- Hexham through time, Stan Beckinsall, 2012
- Hexham in the 17th century, Economy Society and Government in a Northern Market town, Anna Rossiter 2010
- Hexham remembered, an illustrated glimpse into Hexham's past, Colin Dallison, 2006
- Town of Old Hexham, Keith Armstrong, 2002
- A pack of idle sparks, a description of people in 18th Century Hexham, George Finch 2013
- Hexham and Corbridge - a short history, Frank Graham 1989
- Cassini OS Maps, Box set of Historical Maps sheets 87 1863-1925 -Hexham and Haltwhistle
- "Hexham Remembered" by H.Kristensen ISBN 978-0-9538443-5-7 Wagtail Press
- "Memories of Hexhamshire" by H.Kristensen. ISBN 978-0-9538443-0-2 Wagtail Press
- Burial Registers 1859-1990, Burials Grant Books 1859-1964, Purchased Graves Register 1909-1933, Grave Register 1911-1915, Cemetery Plans and Plans of Cemetery Monuments including Inscriptions 1971-1973 for Hexham Civil Cemetery are available at Northumberland Record Office
- A transcript of monument inscriptions for Hexham Cemetery is available at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Dept.
- Northumberland County Record Office hold copies of Census Returns 1841 - 1891 and provide a useful User Guide
- The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN16) Hexham, Corbridge, Slaley and St John Lee (part) (PRO piece HO107/2414 folios 272-610) (Type A) (Book)
- 1891 Census Northumberland Hexham (Part of Hexham, Hexhamshire High, Low, Middle and West Quarters and Workhouse) (PRO piece RG12/4247) (Type B) (Book) (Volume 57) and 1891 Northumberland – Hexham (Slaley, Corbridge, Dilston, Halton, Aydon, Thornborough, Clarewood, Great and Little Whittington, Sandhoe, Anick, Portgate and Hexham, part) (PRO piece RG12/4246) (Type B) (Book) (Volume 56) Both published by https://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ may be of use
An Index to the 1851 census for Bellingham Castle Ward Ponteland Haltwhistle and Hexham produced by P.R.G. Thirkell is available to view in the Local Studies Section of Newcastle City Library they also produce a very useful User Guide on Census Records www.newcastle.gov.uk/leisure-libraries-and-tourism/libraries/local-studies-and-family-history
- The Ancestral Indexes website provides information about Hexham, St Mary.
- Hexham - Church Records - links and information.
- This area is within Northumberland West Registration District.
- Certificates of birth, death and marriage can be ordered Locally from Northumberland County Council.
- Photographs of Hexham from Les Bell's Northumberland Cam website
- The Northumberland Communities website includes pages relating to Hexham. They provide "a range of learning resource material that reflects Northumberland's heritage, providing a base for studying the County's history. The website provides a starting point for understanding the development of communities in Northumberland. It also seeks to illustrate the range of sources for family and local history research that are available via Northumberland Archives Service."
- The section of The National Gazetteer (1868) relating to this parish - transcribed by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Hexham to another place.
- The history of Hexham Parish is included in:- Northumberland County History Committee, History of Northumberland, Volume 3. Newcastle, A. Reid, 1896 and Volume 4. Newcastle, A. Reid, 1897.]
- LNER Wartime Evacuation Documents N.EVAC 2 and N.EVAC 3 describing the arrangements for evacuating children from Newcastle and Gateshead to rural parts of Northumberland (including Hexham), Co Durham, Yorkshire, Cumberland and Westmorland. The second document includes lists of schools with details of their places and times of departure and their destinations.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NY901569 (Lat/Lon: 54.906772, -2.155253), Hexham 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.
- A transcript of Hexham War Memorial provided by Ancestral Indexes.