Shiel(d) Dykes?

[nort]

Shiel(d) Dykes is a small place about four miles north of Longframlington.Does anyone know what parish this would have been in during the 1820s.
cheers
Steve

[sillgen]

Hi
Genuki might tell you.  www.genuki.org - or is it .com?   I can never remember but it is a very useful site for that sort of thing.
Andrea

[nort]

hi Andrea
i did look at genuki but couldn't find it,thanks
Steve

[kooky]

Go into Genuki, Northumberland, Longframlington, Nearby Places, then there is a long list!
Shield Dykes is at 4 miles NNE [ of Longfram.], ref NU150060. There are then 3 churches to choose from!
Kooky

[peter brownlee]

Shield dykes was in Shilbottle parish according to the Victoria County History.

[nort]

thanks Kooky & Peter,that will help when i start trawling through the bishops transcripts on familylabsearch.
cheers
Steve

[Michael Dixon]

The "ancient" parish of Alnwick comprised of seven "townships"..

Southside, Abbeylands, Cannongate, Denwick, Hulne Park, Alnwick itself and
Shield Dykes ( or Shieldykes)

Two sources...

www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50752

pscm.northumberland.gov.uk/pls/portal92/docs/11802

The book "Goodwife Hot.. Northumberland's Past as shown in it's Place Names"
by Godfrey Watson, has it that the name was derived from words meaning the "dug-out embankment where swine were kept"  .

Michael Dixon

[nort]

thanks for the info Michael, i do have that book you mention but never thought to look at it.I will search the Shilbottle and Alnwick parishes first.
cheers
Steve