Karen, The western portion of the fledgling community of Blyth lay in the Township of Cowpen, which lay in the area of the Chapelry of Horton, which was part of the Parish of Woodhorn (although geographically separated by the Parish of Bedlington) Because of population growth and shift a Chapel of Ease was built in Blyth ( St Mary's) in 1860s which eventually became an parish in it's own right, independent of Horton. The other half of Blyth had developed in the territory of the Parish of Earsdon. A Chapel of Ease, St Cuthbert's, was established slightly earlier , late 1850s. St Cuthberts also got it's independence from it's mother parish. But by today, Blyth has gobbled all it's elders and rules the roost ! Michael