OTHER SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF THE AREA
ORGANISATIONS
Border Library
Old Gaol
Hallgate
Hexham
NE46 1XD
Telephone: (01434) 652439 & (01434) 600910
Email: oldgaol@northumberland.gov.uk
Website:
An important reference collection, particularly strong on the history of the Border Reiver families and local folk music, maintained by Northumberland County Council's Museums Service.
Brough Local Studies Collection, Hexham Library
Queen's Hall
Beaumont Street
Hexham
NE46 3LS
Telephone: (01434) 652488
Email: hexhamlibrary@northumberland.gov.uk
Housed in the local public library, the Brough Collection is the second largest collection of local history material in the County, including complete back runs of local papers and census returns. The county library catalogue can be consulted online at lmslive.northumberland.gov.uk/rooms
Northumberland & Durham Family History Society (Tynedale branch)
Mrs Susanne Ellingham
6 Windmill Hill
Hexham
NE46 3EE
Email: susanneellingham@hotmail.com
Website: www.ndfhs.org.uk
The N&DFHS maintain a vast resource on all aspects of local family history in its library at Bolbec Hall in Newcastle.
Northumberland Museums & Archives
Woodhorn Colliery Museum
QEII Country Park
Ashington
NE63 9YF
Telephone: (01670) 528080
Email: collections@woodhorn.org.uk
Website: www.experiencewoodhorn.com/archive/htm
The major collection of primary source material for the county; also holds the Diocesan archives. The catalogue can be consulted online at www.northumberland.gov.uk/catalogue
Tyne & Wear Archives
Discovery
Blandford Square
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4JA
Tel: (0191) 232 6789
Website: www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk
Although primarily concerned with the Tyne and Wear conurbations, these archives also hold a considerable amount of primary source material relating to Northumberland.
British Association for Local History
PO Box 6549
Somersal Herbert
Ashbourne
DE6 5WH
Website: www.balh.co.uk
The charity responsible for the promotion of local history research.
WEBSITES
Hexham Union Workhouse
www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Hexham/Hexham.shtml
A really useful site collating documents and images relating to Hexham's workhouse. Includes a listing of residents and staff from the 1881 census. The site also covers other local workhouses.
Northumberland Communities
communities.northumberland.gov.uk
A site created by the County Archives, collating historical material relating to many individual settlements.
Trades Directories online
www.historicaldirectories.org
A searchable collection of trades directories from 1783 to 1910. It should be noted that the earliest directory for Northumberland included is for 1828
North East History Hub
www.northeasthistoryhub.co.uk
An excellent source of information on all aspects of North East history: local history, genealogy and archaeology. It is created and maintained by Mick Southwick, former publisher of The North-Easterner magazine.