Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lesbury

Lesbury, par., township, and vil., Northumberland - par., 4338 ac. and 359 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 1495; township, 4042 ac., pop. 960; vil., on river Alne, 3½ miles SE. of Alnwick; P.O.; has some trade in the shipping of slates.


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

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Feature Description: "parish, township, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lesbury AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Lesbury

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