Branxton, Northumberland
Historical Description
Branxton, a township, a village, and a parish in Northumberland, near the river Till, 2½ miles ESE of Coldstream railway station, and 9 NW by N of Wooler. There is a post office under Cornhill (R.S.O.) Acreage of township, 1508; population, 222. Here is the field of the battle of Flodden, fatal to James IV. of Scotland, fought in 1513. [See FLODDEN.] The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Newcastle-on-Tyne; net value, £320 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church is good but small. Stockdale the poet was a native.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Northumberland | |
| Poor Law union | Glendale | |
| Ward | Glendale |
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 Branxton from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Branxton 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: