Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HEDLEY-ON-THE-HILL, AND HEDLEY-WOODSIDE

HEDLEY-ON-THE-HILL, AND HEDLEY-WOODSIDE, two townships in Ovingham parish, Northumberland; adjacent to the boundary with Durham, 3 miles SE of Stocksfield r. station, and 10 ESE of Hexham. Acres, 1, 399 and 1, 364. Pop., 241 and 69. Houses, 48 and 8. The manor belongs to the Duke of Northumberland. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "two townships"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ovingham AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Hedley

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