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Berwick Record Office

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The Berwick Record Office holds a variety of sources relating to the North Northumberland area which can be checked for information.

For family historians, these include parish and non conformist registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; census returns, 1841–1901; St Catherine’s House indexes of births, marriages and deaths, 1837-1955 and many others.

In addition, the Office also holds a number of other sources - estate collections, official records including Quarter Sessions and Petty Sessions, coroners and shipping records, local newspapers and the Berwick Borough Archives relating to the town of Berwick itself.

These can all provide information for anyone interested in specific subjects of research or local history for the North Northumberland area.

For more information go to the Berwick Record Office site or contact:-

Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office
Council Offices
Wallace Green
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1ED

Tel: 01289 301865 (direct dial) or 01289 330044 ext 265
Fax: 01289 330540
E-mail: archives@berwick-upon-tweed.gov.uk