On 27 May 2007, at 23:45, fionnghal nicphadraig wrote: > is that right, i knew bits of NBL had at one time been > in Co Durham, but i never thought of Berwick area. ... do you know > of there's an > online map which shows the old Co Duham boundaries? The Northumberland maps at http://www.youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk/mapscd3preview/northumberland.htm seem not to be working today - at least not for me. The maps on Oldmaps are no help - they are after 1844. From time to time, antique map dealers may have one on offer. I know that I downloaded one once but cannot find it. The main areas which comprised North Durham were Norhamshire, Islandshire (later joined as Norham & Islandshire) and Bedlingtonshire. The Farne Islands and three or four other very small enclaves, far too small to have been parishes were also parts of Co Durham. It is so long since I saw Raine's History of North Durham that I cannot recall whether it had a map. Surtees's History of Durham and the Northumberland County History do not cover the parts dealt with by Raine. Dr Harold Whitaker's 'A Descriptive List of the Maps of Northumberland' does not indicate which specifically showed North Durham - most of the early maps he illustrated don't. The earliest one he illustrates with Norham & Islandshire marked out (as 'County of Durham') is Lieut Andrew Armstrong's map of 1770. Later maps vary, some showing the areas as part of Co Durham and others showing Northumberland 'all of a piece'. Armstrong shows Berwick as part of Co Durham, which would be wrong. Berwick was a Town and County in its own right. Jim Balmer