A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
GAYSTEAD, or Greystead, a parish in Bellingham district, Northumberland; on the river North Tyne, adjacent to the Border Counties railway, near Tarset and Thorneyburn r. stations, 5 miles WNW of Bellingham. It comprises the townships of Chirdon and Smalesmouth; and its post town is Falstone, under Hexham. Acres, 18, 003. Real property, £2, 436. Pop., 290. Houses, 41. The property is divided among a few. The surface includes a portion of the North Tyne valley; but is mainly moor and upland. Greystead Bower was long the seat of a branch of the Charltons, famous in Border raids. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £150.* Patron, Greenwich Hospital. The church is pretty good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Greystead CP Bellingham RegD/PLU Northumberland AncC |
| Place names: | GAYSTEAD | GAYSTEAD OR GREYSTEAD | GREYSTEAD |
| Place: | Greystead |
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