Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hedgeley

Hedgeley, township and seat, Eglingham par., N. Northumberland, 8 miles NW. of Alnwick, 709 ac., pop. 86; contains the seat of Hedgeley Hall; on H. Moor a skirmish took place (1463) between the Lancastrians and the Yorkists in which Sir Ralph Percy was slain.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Eglingham AP/CP       Hedgeley CP/Tn       Northumberland AncC
Place: Hedgeley

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