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Bamburgh Ward was one of the ancient divisions of Northumberland, equivalent to hundreds and wapentakes in counties further south.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Bamburgh Ward from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "The ward is about 17 miles long and about 8 miles broad; contains seven parishes; and consists of two divisions. North and South. Acres of North [Bamburgh Ward]: 33,421; of South [Bamburgh Ward]: 35,842. Population of both: 11,244. Houses: 2,222."
Bamburgh Ward faced the North Sea and was located north of Alnwick and south of the Holy Island Sands. The area beyond stretching up to Berwick upon Tweed was originally part of County Durham.
This Ordnance Survey map of 1832 shows the boundaries of the ancient wards of Northumberland.
Parishes and Townships
Ancient parishes are listed in bold type.
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Parish and Townships | Description | Ancient Parish | Civil Parish after 1955
| | Adderstone | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Adderstone with Lucker
| | Alnmouth | chapelry, civil parish | Lesbury | Alnmouth
| | Bamburgh | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Bamburgh
| | Bamburgh Castle | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Bamburgh
| | Beadnell | chapelry, civil parish | Bamburgh | Beadnell
| | Belford | township, chapelry, civil parish | Bamburgh | Belford
| | Bradford in Bamburgh | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Adderstone with Lucker
| | Broxfield | township, civil parish | Embleton | Rennington
| | Budle | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Bamburgh
| | Burton | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Bamburgh
| | Chathill | township, civil parish | Ellingham | Ellingham
| | Craster | township, civil parish | Embleton | Craster
| | Detchant | township, civil parish | Belford | Middleton
| | Doxford | township, civil parish | Ellingham | Newton by the Sea
| | Dunstan | township, civil parish | Embleton | Craster
| | Easington | township, civil parish | Belford | Easington
| | Easington Grange | township, civil parish | Belford | Easington
| | Elford | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Beadnell
| | Ellingham | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Ellingham
| | Elwick | township, civil parish | Belford | Beadnell and Middleton
| | Embleton | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Embleton
| | Fallodon | township, civil parish | Embleton | Newton by the Sea
| | Fleetham | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Beadnell
| | Glororum | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Bamburgh
| | High and Low Brunton | township, civil parish | Embleton | Newton by the Sea
| | Hoppen | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Lucker (1888)
| | Howick | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Longhoughton
| | Lesbury | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Lesbury
| | Longhoughton | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish | Lesbury | Longhoughton
| | Lucker | chapelry, civil parish | Bamburgh | Adderstone with Lucker
| | Middleton | township, civil parish | Belford | Middleton
| | Monks House | extra parochial area, civil parish | | North Sunderland
| | Mousen | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Belford
| | Newham (near Ellingham) | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Ellingham
| | Newstead | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Adderstone with Lucker
| | Newton by the Sea | township, civil parish | Embleton | Newton by the Sea
| | North Charlton | township, civil parish | Ellingham | Eglingham
| | North Sunderland | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | North Sunderland
| | Outchester | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Easington
| | Preston (near Alnwick) | township, civil parish | Ellingham | Ellingham
| | Ratchwood | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Adderstone with Lucker
| | Rennington | chapelry, civil parish | Embleton | Rennington
| | Rock | chapelry, civil parish | Embleton | Rennington
| | Ross | township, civil parish | Belford | Middleton
| | Shoreston | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | North Sunderland
| | South Charlton | township, civil parish | Ellingham | Eglingham
| | Spindlestone | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Easington
| | Stamford | township, civil parish | Embleton | Rennington
| | Swinhoe | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Beadnell
| | Tughall | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Beadnell
| | Warenford | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Adderstone with Lucker
| | Warenton | township, civil parish | Bamburgh | Belford
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Research Tips
- Northumberland Archives previously known as Northumberland Collections Service and Northumberland County Record Office. Now based within Woodhorn Museum in Ashington and providing free access to numerous records for local and family historians alike.
- Full postal address: Museum and Northumberland Archives, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF; Phone: 01670 624455
- There is a branch office in Berwick upon Tweed.
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