infobox UK feature official name Islandshire shire county state Northumberland country England nation UK map name United Kingdom Northumberland static image static image caption static image 2 static image caption 2 os grid reference NU087428 latitude 55.679 longitude 1.862 Islandshire was an area of Northumberland , England , comprising Lindisfarne or Holy Island, plus five parishes on the mainland. It is historically associated with the Bishop of Durham , and was administratively an exclave of County Palatinate of Durham . It was transferred to the county of Northumberland by the Counties Detached Parts Act 1844 , becoming a Hundred country subdivision hundred . It formed part of the Norham and Islandshires Rural District from 1894 until 1974, and then formed part of the Berwick upon Tweed borough borough of Berwick upon Tweed district within the County of Northumberland. ref http www.visionofbritain.org.uk relationships.jsp?u id 10002709 Norham and Islandshires RD Northumberland through time Administrative history of Local Government District hierarchies, boundaries Bot generated title ref In 2009 the borough of Berwick upon Tweed was abolished as part of 2009 structural changes to local government in England wider structural changes to local government in England , with the area now falling under the unitary council of Northumberland County Council . It consisted of the parishes of Ancroft , Belford, Northumberland Belford , Middleton, Northumberland Elwick , Lindisfarne Holy Island , Kyloe and Berwick upon Tweed Tweedmouth . References reflist Category History of County Durham Category History of Northumberland Northumberland geo stub England hist stub ... more details
Norhamshire was an exclave of County Durham in England . It was first mentioned in 995 , when it formed part of the lands of the priory at Lindisfarne . When the lands north of the River Tees were partitioned into Northumberland and County Durham it, along with Bedlingtonshire and Islandshire , stayed under the jurisdiction of Durham despite being north of the River Tyne . This situation persisted until the Counties Detached Parts Act 1844 , when it became the Hundred division Hundred of Norham in Northumberland, to which it had already been united for Parliamentary purposes by the Reform Act 1832 . The district originally was the single civil parish parish of Norham, which had various township England townships the townships became separate civil parishes in 1866. The parishes of Norhamshire were Cornhill on Tweed Duddo Felkington Grindon Horncliffe Loanend Longridge Norham Mains Norham Shoreswood Thornton Twizell Elwick was also a detached township of the parish of Norham but was associated with Islandshire instead. References http www.visionofbritain.org.uk relationships.jsp?u id 10174958&c id 10001043 England hist stub Category History of County Durham Category History of Northumberland ... more details
Norham and Islandshires was a rural district in Northumberland , England from 1894 to 1974. The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Berwick upon Tweed Berwick rural sanitary district . It contained all the historic area of Norhamshire and most of Islandshire , including Norham and Lindisfarne Holy Island , which had been under the jurisdiction of the County Durham County Palatine of Durham until 1844. The district survived until 1974, when it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 . It then formed part of the Berwick upon Tweed borough borough of Berwick upon Tweed . References http www.visionofbritain.org.uk relationships.jsp?u id 10002709 coord 55 43 10 N 2 09 43 W type adm2nd region GB display title Category History of Northumberland Category Local government in Northumberland Category Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Category Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Category Rural districts of England ... more details
2007. ref The county had a number of exclave s Bedlingtonshire , Islandshire ref name vision islandshire ... Islandshire http www.visionofbritain.org.uk bound map page.jsp?first true&u id 10030675&c id 10001043 ... more details
Refimprove date December 2007 infobox UK place country England static image name Ancroft Manor. Ancroft. geograph.org.uk 284687.jpg static image caption Ancroft Manor latitude 55.69 longitude 02.00 official name Ancroft population 885 population ref 2001 census ref name nhs unitary england Northumberland County Council Northumberland lieutenancy england Northumberland region North East England constituency westminster Berwick upon Tweed UK Parliament constituency Berwick upon Tweed post town BERWICK UPON TWEED postcode district TD15 postcode area TD dial code 01289 os grid reference NU0045 Ancroft is a village and civil parishes in England civil parish in Northumberland , England . Prior to 1844, Ancroft lay within the Islandshire exclave of County Durham . It is south of Berwick upon Tweed , and has a population of 885. ref name nhs http www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk dissemination viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection 03070&productId 779& ph 60 61&datasetInstanceId 3070&startColumn 1&numberOfColumns 8&containerAreaId 790477 Census 2001 ref There are several suggestions as to how Ancroft got its name. It might be an abridged version of Aidan s croft the croft of Aidan of Lindisfarne St Aidan who was the first Bishop of Lindisfarne Holy Island . Alternatively, it might be that as the church is dedicated to Saint Anne, the village took its name from the church St Anne s croft . A third suggestion is simply that it means one croft or solitary croft ane croft . File St Anne s, Ancroft geograph.org.uk 348347.jpg left thumb St Anne s Church, Ancroft There was surely more than one croft here when the church was built, probably towards the end of the 11th century but in common with most of this region, the community declined in the latter part of the 13th century because of the continual border raids by the Scottish people Scots . This turbulent history is reflected in the number of castle s and peel tower s in the vicinity, besides the fortified tower that was added t ... more details
Holwell in Somerset The parish of Thorncombe in Devon County Durham Transferred to other counties Islandshire ... Northumberland Transferred from other counties Islandshire consisting of the chapelry of Ancroft ... more details
For the constituency based on Durham City, sometimes simply referred to as Durham and from 1950 1983 officially called called Durham County Constituency City of Durham UK Parliament constituency Infobox UK constituency main name Durham parliament uk map1 map2 map entity map year year 1675 abolished 1832 type County elects howmany Two previous next North Durham UK Parliament constituency North Durham and South Durham UK Parliament constituency South Durham region England county County Durham Durham towns Durham or County Durham was a county constituency in northern England , which elected two Member of Parliament Members of Parliament MPs to the British House of Commons House of Commons from 1675 until 1832. History The constituency consisted of the whole county of County Durham Durham including the enclaves of Norhamshire , Islandshire and Bedlington , all situated within the boundaries of Northumberland and now part of that county, and of Crayke , now in North Yorkshire . Because of its semi autonomous status as a county palatine , Durham had not been represented in Parliament during the medieval period by the 17th century it was the only part of England which elected no MPs. In 1621, Parliament passed a bill to enfranchise the county, but James I of England James I refused it the royal assent , as he considered that the House of Commons already had too many members and that some rotten borough decayed boroughs should be abolished first a similar bill in 1624 failed to pass the House of Lords . During the English Commonwealth Commonwealth , County Durham was allowed to send members to the First Protectorate Parliament First and Second Protectorate Parliament Second Parliaments of the Protectorate, though the privilege was not maintained when Parliament reverted to its earlier electoral arrangements from 1658. After the English Restoration Restoration , Durham s right to return MPs was recognised in 1661, and finally confirmed by statute which came into effect in 16 ... more details
had a number of exclave s Bedlingtonshire , Islandshire ref name vision islandshire Vision of Britain http www.visionofbritain.org.uk relationships.jsp?u id 10030675&c id 10001043 Islandshire http ... more details
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