Fenwick (Stamfordham), Northumberland
Historical Description
Fenwick, a township in Stamfordham parish, Northumberland, on an affluent of the river Pont, 13¼ miles NW by W of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Post town, Newcastle. Acreage, 164:7; population, 66. There are two coal mines. Fenwick Tower here was for ages the seat of the Fenwicks, but was forfeited in 1688, and has long been in ruins. A large quantity of gold nobles of Edward III. was found at the taking down of a part of the wall of it in 1775. The remains of it now are small, and have been absorbed into the structure of a farmhouse. The Fenwicks were long conspicuous actors in the Border wars, and they are noticed as follows in the ballad of the Eaid of Kedswire:-<11 saw come marching o'er the knows Five hundred. Fenwicks in a flock, With jack and spurs and bowia all bent, And warlike weaponis at their will."
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Northumberland | |
Civil parish | Stamfordham | |
Poor Law union | Castle ward | |
Ward | Tindale |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Fenwick (Stamfordham) from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Fenwick (Stamfordham) are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers related to Northumberland online: