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  Glossary: NORHAMSHIRE
Norhamshire was a detached part of County Durham.
It was the lands, based on the grants of land to the Lindisfarne priory, in the northernmost triangle of Northumberland south of the Tweed River.
If a Norhamshire or 'Bedlingtonshire' militia was raised, (see 1715 rebellion and 1745 rebellion), it would be used to defend County Durham.
www.durham.gov.uk /durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PGlossary?readform&GLOSSARY=Norhamshire   (315 words)

  
  Census 2001
The resident population of Norhamshire, as measured in the 2001 Census, was 1,573 of which 49 per cent were male and 51 per cent were female.
Within Norhamshire, 46 per cent of those unemployed were aged 50 and over, 0 per cent had never worked and 23 per cent were long term unemployed.
Norhamshire Ward is within Berwick-upon-Tweed LAD or UA This summary gives information on the people living and working within the area, their health and employment status.
www.berwick-upon-tweed.gov.uk /census/norhamshire.htm   (739 words)

  
 GENUKI: The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Norham
"NORHAM, a parish and village in the hundred of Norhamshire, county Northumberland, until recently a detached portion of the county of Durham, 8 miles S.W. of Berwick-upon-Tweed, its post town, and three-quarters of a mile from the Norham station on the North-Eastern line of railway.
"DUDDO, a township in the parish of Norham, hundred of Norhamshire, in the county of Northumberland (formerly in Durham), 72 miles S.E. of Berwick, and 3 from the railway station at Norham.
It is a station on the Kelso branch of the North-Eastern railway, and is situated at the continence of the rivers Tweed and Till.
www.genuki.bpears.org.uk /NBL/Norham/Gaz1868.html   (1529 words)

  
 Norhamshire AD_PalS County Durham/Northumberland through time | Local history overview for the Ancient District
Norhamshire AD_PalS was an Ancient District in the counties of County Durham (Ancient) and Northumberland (Ancient), in England.
The parishes comprising Norhamshire AD_PalS shown on 19th and 20th century maps.
Discover other units Norhamshire was related to, and how its boundaries changed.
www.visionofbritain.org.uk /unit_page.jsp?u_id=10174958   (81 words)

  
 Norham Northumberland Northumbria England UK GB (page 50)
Border town on the river Tweed which was the centre for Norhamshire, a part of Northumberland controlled in medieval times by the Bishop of Durham.
Norhamshire was not completely returned to Northumberland until 1844.
The remains of one of the strongest of all border castles guarding a bridge across the River Tweed, with an outstanding Norman keep.
www.northumberland.gov.uk /VG/norham.html   (377 words)

  
 Information on Neighbours in Norhamshire - UpMyStreet
Since they describe the type of neighbourhood a postcode has been matched to, not the postcode itself, the description will never be exact.
This is a profile for the central postcode in Norhamshire which is TD12 4XA.
Neighbourhood profiles vary significantly from postcode to postcode - to see a profile for a different postcode, change the location in the box on the left.
www.upmystreet.com /local/my-neighbours/l/Norhamshire.html   (392 words)

  
 William Wallace
The parishes of Norhamshire and Islandshire, pertaining to Durham Priory, record a sharp decline in tithe revenue.
In 1292/3 Norhamshire sheaf tithes were worth £193 and those of Islandshire worth £137 13s.
In 1297-98 the Norhamshire tithe income had fallen to 45 per cent of the 1292 figure and Islandshire to 43 per cent; by 1300-01 tithe income of both parishes had recovered to 66 and 63 per cent respectively and by 1314-15 one had risen to 76, the other fallen, to 51 per cent.
www.deremilitari.org /resources/articles/mcnamee1.htm   (6216 words)

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