Willington, Northumberland
Historical Description
Willington, a village and an ecclesiastical parish in Wallsend parish, Northumberland, on the river Tyne, and on the Newcastle and Tynemouth railway, near Howdon railway station, and 3 miles WSW of North Shields. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Willington Quay (R.S.O.) The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1859. Population, 2073. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Newcastle-on-Tyne; net value, £237 with residence. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church, erected in 1867, is in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and western bell-turret. There are Presbyterian, Reformed Methodist, and Wesleyan 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 | Wallsend | |
Poor Law union | Tynemouth | |
Ward | Castle |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Willington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Willington)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Willington 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: