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