Near Blyth? Completed with thanks

[dolly dimples]

 Emmadog,
           St Marys Horton is in the tiny village on the near outskirts of Blyth
   Only a few minutes drive from where I live. Dolly

[Michael Dixon]

 Although not adjacent to each other, the Parish of Horton was born out of the Parish of Woodhorn, circa mid 1700s..  Both churches dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.

Half of modern-day Blyth lay within the territory of the parish of Horton.
As population of Blyth soared, Horton mother parish established a "chapel of ease" , in 1864, dedicated to St Mary, to save the shoe leather of Blyth folk.
In 1896 St Mary's Blyth, got it's independence from Horton.

(In the meantime, Earsdon Parish had established a similar "chapel of ease", , in 1859, in the other half of what is modern-day Blyth, dedicated to St Cuthbert. St Cuthbert's, Blyth got it's independence from mother Earsdon in 1883.

 So Anglicans living in Cowpen Quay, which was within the "Township" of Cowpen, up to 1864, would have walked to Horton Church for baptisms, marriages etc. After 1864 they would have had a shorter journey to St Mary's in Market Street ( in what is now Blyth, but was then called Waterloo)

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Dolly Dimples, a few years ago, a Blyth History group was considering petitioning the TV "Time Team" to have them find the missing village of Horton.

Have you found the lost village of Horton ?


Michael

[dolly dimples]

 Michael, I never knew that the Village was ever lost!!

     In all of my 74 years I have known the place where the  church is as Horton,

       My son was baptized there 44 years ago.

         You are a book of knowlege Micheal!
                                                                    Dolly.


       
                   

[stanmapstone]

This is a map of Horton Parish http://www.achurchnearyou.com/parish/250016/

Stan

[Mr. Tibbs]

 :)Good morning pckl.  Thank you for your replies.  From the Chatters, it is clear that I meant Horton not Harton but it does look like Harton on the marriage certificate for Sarah and Robert.  I don't know-whenever I need to search for a locality, my mind seems to go blank.  It's so obvious that I should have googled St. Mary's and even with Harton, it would have brought it up and put me right.
Thank you

[Mr. Tibbs]

Dolly, thank you for the confirmation of Cowpen Quay and Horton.  It brings the whole area so much nearer to communicate with someone from the locality and who knows St. Mary's so well. Most appreciated.

[Mr. Tibbs]

Many thanks, Stan.  I tried Old Maps and although I had the correct position ('cos the Golf Club was there), the older map did not show the church just a Methodist chapel.  This site is great.  I also appreciate the site for Horton parish-a real find!

[Mr. Tibbs]

I really do underuse Genuki; I'm so pleased that you have pointed me to it.  It explains why I had so much trouble finding the marriage of Sarah and Robert: so many records in so many differents places.  Thank you so much

[Mr. Tibbs]

Many thanks, Michael.  You have come up trumps again for me.  Your history of the locality has explained a lot about the addresses of several of my HOAD family: I thought that they were moving around a lot but they have only been moving short distances, no doubt for more rooms as the family grew rather than for work as I had assumed! .  I agree with Dolly: you are a book of knowledge.  The biggest eye opener is that Horton is next to Woodhorn.  How many times have I been to Woodhorn and never knew that I was so close to Horton Wonderful!!