Melkridge, Northumberland
Historical Description
Melkridge, a township in Haltwhistle parish, Northumberland, on the South Tyne river, 2 miles S of the Roman Wall, and 2 E of Haltwhistle station on the N.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Haltwhistle. Acreage, 4452; population, 319. The township includes the hamlet of Hightown. The manor belongs to Sir Edward Blackett, Bart., of Matfen Hall. The Roman camp of Whitchester is here. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
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 | Haltwhistle | |
Poor Law union | Haltwhistle | |
Ward | Tindale |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Melkridge from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Melkridge)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Melkridge 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: