Sorry Mike, they are under Horton in Northumberland,I have confused you with the mis-spelling Marg --- On Wed, 30/9/09, Fairless, Michael <michael.fairless@eds.com> wrote: > From: Fairless, Michael <michael.fairless@eds.com> > Subject: Re: [NMB] Bishops Transcripts > To: northumbria@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009, 4:33 PM > Many thanks > Bur what I am searching for are the Bishops Transcripts for > the parish > of Bedlington. The other parishes in Northumberland are > there on the > FamilySearch site but there is no entry for Bedlington. > > Mike Fairless > > > -----Original Message----- > From: northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of > NEGenealogy@aol.com > Sent: 30 September 2009 16:10 > To: northumbria@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NMB] Bishops Transcripts > > > > In a message dated 30/09/2009 15:55:01 GMT Daylight Time, > kenmar.white@btopenworld.com > writes: > > I am  sure that Bedlington comes under Houghton Church > Mike. The church > is situated  at the top of the bank down into  > Bedlington. > > Marg > > > > > Marg: > >         The "Houghton" nearest to  > Bedlington is spelled "Horton", just > SW of Blyth.  Horton and Bedlington  each had the > same ecclesiastical > status - that of a parish in their own right,  with > neither "coming > under" the other. > Bedlingtonshire was separated from  its Northumbrian > neighbours, as a > detached part of Co Durham, whereas Horton was  as > much a part of > Northumberland as any other part, another reason for > not  confusing > them. > >     There are several parishes with similar names > and  we must be > careful not to confuse them.  In Co Durham there are > Houghton le  Spring > and Haughton le Skerne.  There is also Haughton le > Side, though that  is > no more than a township, not a parish.  In > Northumberland there are > Horton and Longhoughton.  I personally pronounce all > those as "Horton" > though I know that there can be a dispute with people from > Houghton le > Spring,  some of whom prefer "Howton", but to me that > is simply the > difference between a  Wearside accent > (Howton) and a general Tyneside/English one (Horton). > >                 >                 >                 > Geoff  Nicholson > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

KEN WHITE wrote: > Sorry Mike, they are under Horton in Northumberland,I have confused you with the mis-spelling > > Marg > > --- On Wed, 30/9/09, Fairless, Michael <michael.fairless@eds.com> wrote: > > >> From: Fairless, Michael <michael.fairless@eds.com> >> Subject: Re: [NMB] Bishops Transcripts >> To: northumbria@rootsweb.com >> Date: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009, 4:33 PM >> Many thanks >> Bur what I am searching for are the Bishops Transcripts for >> the parish >> of Bedlington. The other parishes in Northumberland are >> there on the >> FamilySearch site but there is no entry for Bedlington. >> >> Mike Fairless >> >> >> I too have looked for the Bedlington Bishops Transcripts with out success. I have looked in the Horton, Northumberland scans but have not found any entry for Bedlington. Have I missed something or are you sure they are under Horton, Northumberland. Regards Ian