Willimoteswick, Northumberland

Historical Description

Willimoteswick, a hamlet in Ridley township, Northumberland, containing a ruined castle of the Ridleys. It stands on the South Tyne river, 4 miles E of Haltwhistle, and about a mile from Bardon Mill station on the N.E.R., and was the birthplace of the martyr Bishop Ridley. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Bardon Mill, under Carlisle.

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Willimoteswick 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:

• Morpeth Herald
• Berwickshire News and General Advertiser
• The Berwick Advertiser
• Alnwick Mercury
• Illustrated Berwick Journal