Everything about Norhamshire totally explained
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 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
parish of Norham, which had various
townships - the townships became separate civil parishes in 1866. The parishes of Norhamshire were:
Elwick was also a (detached) township of the parish of Norham but was associated with
Islandshire instead.
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