Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BERWICK

BERWICK, a district on the river Tweed and on the coast, in the extreme north of Northumberland. All of it, except the parish of Berwick-upon-Tweed, prior to the act of 1844, was a detached part of Durham. It comprehends the subdistrict of Berwick-upon-Tweed, containing Berwick-upon-Tweed parish and Tweedmouth parochial chapelry; the subdistrict of Norhamshire, conterminate with the parish of Norham; and the subdistrict of Islandshire, containing the parish of Holy Island, and the chapelries of Kyloe and Ancroft. Acres, 57,975. Poor-rates in 1866, £10,513. Pop. in 1861, 21,862. Houses, 3,509. Marriages in 1866, 157; births 6 77,-of which 61 were illegitimate; deaths, 491,-of which 161 were at ages under 5-years, and 11 at ages above 85 years. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 873; births, 7,357; deaths, 4,386. The places of worship in 1851 were 10 of the Church of England, with 4,363 sittings; 2 of the Church of Scotland, with 798 s.; 3 of the Presbyterian Church in England, with 1,320 s.; 6 of the United Presbyterian Church with 3,910 s.; 1 of Independents, with 400 s.; 1 of Baptists, with 350 s.; 1 of Wesleyan Methodists, with 380 s.; 5 of Primitive Methodists, with 764 s.; 2 of Roman Catholics, with 155 s.; and 1 undefined, with 60 s. The schools were 25 public day schools, with 2,534 scholars; 31 private day schools, with 1,281 s.; 34 Sunday schools, with 2,713 s.; and 1 evening school for adults, with 21 s. See Berwick-upon-Tweed.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Berwick RegD/PLU       Northumberland AncC
Place: Berwick upon Tweed

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