Ninebanks, Northumberland
Historical Description
Ninebanks, a village and an ecclesiastical parish in Allendale parish, Northumberland, on the river West Allen, 6 miles from Staward station on the N.E.R., and 10 SSW of Haydon Bridge. There is a post office under Allendale (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Whitfield. The ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1767, and comprises High and Low West Allen, Ninebanks, Carshield, Colecleugh, and several small hamlets. Population, 546. The property belonged anciently to the Earls of Auckland, and a castle of the Earls was here, a tower of which still stands. The surface is mainly hilly and picturesque in the lower parts, but wild where it reaches the Cumbrian border on the SW. There are several lead mines, which once were very productive. The living is a vicarage, with Carshield or West Allen annexed, in the diocese of Newcastle-on-Tyne; net value, £225 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1813, and again in 1871. It is in the Early English style of architecture, with tower and spire, and contains several stained windows. There is a chapel of ease at Carshield, and a Primitive Methodist chapel at Ninebanks. A reading-room was founded in 1893.
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 | Allendale | |
| Poor Law union | Hexham | |
| Ward | Tindale |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Ninebanks from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ninebanks)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Ninebanks 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: