Beadnell, Northumberland
Historical Description
Beadnell, a village, a township, and a parish in Northumberland. The village stands on the coast, 4 miles ENE of Chathill railway station, and 5½ SE of Bambrough, and has a post office under Chathill, and a small harbour. Acreage, 793; population of the civil parish, 312; of the ecclesiastical, 526. The parish also includes the townships of Swin-hoe and Tughall. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Newcastle; net value, £145 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Bambrough. The church is a handsome Gothic edifice.
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 | Bambrough | |
Poor Law union | Belford | |
Ward | Bambrough |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Beadnell from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Beadnell are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- 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: