The remains of St Cuthbert were rested at the church in Bedlington in 1069 AD. Following the Norman Conquest the remains were removed from Durham Cathedral and temporarily taken back to Lindisfarne (Holy Island). A large number of Normans had been killed in Durham, and fearing reprisals, monks from Durham decided to take St Cuthbert's remains back to Lindisfarne for safe keeping. They journeyed via Jarrow, Bedlington and Tuggal; it took them 4 days.

The Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 came into effect on the 20th of October, 1844. This Act of Parliament removed outliers or exclaves of counties. This included Bedlingtonshire, which up to that point had been part of the County Palatine of Durham - belonging to the Bishop of Durham. It was transfered to Northumberland.

The railway station, built to serve the town of Bedlington, was opened on the 3rd of August 1850 by the Blyth and Tyne Railway. It was located in Sleekburn, just over a mile north-west from the town centre, along Station Road in the area now known as Bedlington Station.

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The war memorial in Bedlington was unveiled on the 20th January 1923 by Major E.W. Burden of Hartford House. The memorial commemorates 180 local servicemen who lost their lives in the First World War. It was designed and sculpted by R Oliver, and funded partly by public subscription, and partly by the Bedlington Soldier's and Sailor's fund and Bedlingtonshire Urban District Council.

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