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HEDGELEY, a township in Eglingham parish, Northumberland; under the Cheviots, near the river Breamish, 8 miles WNW of Alnwick. Acres, 700. Pop., 104. Houses, 17. Hedgeley House is a chief residence. A Druidical circle of ten stones, and 114 feet in diameter, is at Three Stone burn. A skirmish between the Lancastrians, under Sir Ralph Percy, and the Yorkists, under Lord Montacute, took place, in 1463, on Hedgeley moor, and was fatal to Sir Ralph Percy. A stone pillar, known as Hedgeley cross, stands in commemoration of him, and bears the inscription "'Tis of the Percy's deathless fame, That dark grey cross remains to tell; It bears the Percy's honoured name, For near its base the Percy fell."
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Eglingham AP/CP Hedgeley CP/Tn Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Hedgeley |
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