Bothal, Northumberland Genealogy

England Northumberland

Parish History
St Andrew's Church, Bothal was built possibly about 882 and enlarged about 1150. Most of the present building, however, dates from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. It is situated near the castle in Bothal village, between Ashington and Morpeth.

Two parishes were subsequently taken out of Bothal parish: Longhirst, St John the Evangelist, in 1876, and Ashington, Holy Sepulchre. in 1887.

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
Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections DDR/EA/PBT/2/39 1760-1843 Parish Register transcripts are available to search free online at FamilySearch Historical Records; however images for this series of transcripts have not been loaded pending engineering work to reload the whole series.

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.

Bothal, St Andrew: Records of baptisms 1680-1980, marriages 1678-1986 and burials 1678-1898 are available at Northumberland Collections Service. The International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) includes baptisms 1680-1812 and marriages 1678-1812 for this parish, and Boyd's Marriage Index includes marriages 1678-1812 and banns 1751-1812. Transcripts of baptisms 1680-1812 and marriages and burials 1678-1812 are available in the Local Studies Departments of Newcastle Central Library and Gateshead Central Library. A transcript of monumental inscriptions at Bothal (microfiche TN77) is published by Northumberland and Durham Family History Society and these records are also available in book form at Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies Department. Longhirst, St John the Evangelist: Records of baptisms 1876-1914, marriages 1877-1966 and burials 1876-1931 are available at Northumberland Collections Service Bishops' Transcripts Reference number: DDR/EA/PBT/2/169 Date: October 1876-1884 are available to search free online at FamilySearch Historical Records.

Census records
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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

Web sites
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