Surfing for Allendale

Several fellow family researchers have expressed interest in Allendale, Northumberland, England and have asked for recommendations for regional resources. To that end, I have compiled a list of some outstanding web pages that detail the history of Allendale. I have included picture sites, map sites, primary source sites, personal sites, and genealogy portals. Hopefully, there's something for everyone!

Many of these pages are subsets of much larger web sites which should be of interest to all Northumberland researchers. Whether or not you are researching families that lived in Allendale, I recommend that you take a look at the web sites that I have flagged with two asterisks (**). Once you have arrived at the referenced page, you may want to go to the home page to get a feel for the breadth of the entire web site.

Please let me know if you are aware of any additional online resources (both on- and off-line) that relate to the history of Allendale and the families that lived in the area.

Allendale, Northumberland
Local and Family History
Online Resources

Allen Valleys Archive

☞ Archive Images
http://www.allenvalleys.ukgo.com

Dawson Family in Allendale, Northumberland, England

☞ Personal family website
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rykbrown/dawson.htm

Fairlambs of Allendale **

☞ Family and Local History Site
http://www.fairlamb.org/allendale.htm

Genuki

☞ Allendale, Northumberland Genealogy
http://www.genuki.bpears.org.uk/NBL/Allendale/index.html

Keys to the Past **

☞ Allendale Local History

http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N12979

North Pennine Ancestors

☞ Web site for genealogists who are researching their ancestors in the north of England
http://www.northpennineancestors.co.uk/Index.htm

Northumberland Communities

☞ Allendale
http://communities.northumberland.gov.uk/Allendale.htm

☞ Allendale - Plans and Maps
http://communities.northumberland.gov.uk/Allendale_C15.htm

Peart Family Page

☞ Personal family website
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/3285/peart/html


Historical Directories **
☞ Pigot & Co.'s National Commerical Directory, 1828-29
http://www.historicaldirectories.org
Select Find by Location then search “Northumberland,” then “Allendale”

Photographs from Northumberland

☞ Allendale
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/photos/nbl/index.htm#adale

Tomorrow’s History

☞ Allendale Estate, estate, manorial and lead mining papers
http://www.tomorrows-history.com/Items/OriginalIE/ItemNO1000010001.htm
A selection of papers from the Allendale MSS (91 items in this collection)

☞ Letters from members of the Graham, Peart and other families of Killhope, 1852 - 1887.
http://www.tomorrows-history.com/Items/OriginalIE/ItemDC0700010001.htm
Note: Peart letters in this collection are misleadingly labeled “Letters from the Graham Family.” (84 items in this collection)

Reminiscences of John William Hall

☞ Family history including description of Allendale meetings and mining
http://www.btinternet.com/~denison/hall.htm

Research by Brian Pears at http://www.bpears.org.uk

☞ Greendikes – a tale of forgery and greed
www.bpears.org.uk/Ancestors/Will_Article/greendikes.doc

☞ Relatives of Brian Pears
http://www.bpears.org.uk/Ancestors/index.html

☞ Wartime Incidents in Allenheads and Allendale
http://www.bpears.org.uk/Misc/War_Misc/allenheadsww2.html

☞ Where There’s a Will
http://www.bpears.org.uk/Ancestors/Will_Article/

Swinhopeburn Families of Allendale, Northumberland

☞ Personal family website
http://www.swinhopeburnfamilies.com/

Waggonways Maps **

☞ Maps of Northumberland, County Durham, and Cleveland showing each waggonway (or wagonway), tramway, mineral railway, colliery, coal pit, lead mine, fluorspar mine, ironstone mine and quarry.
http://www.geocities.com/waggonways/