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.
EGLINGHAM, a township in Alnwick district, and a parish partly also in Glendale district, Northumberland. The township lies between the rivers Alne and Breamish, 6 miles NW of Alnwick r. station; and has a post office under Alnwick. Acres, 1, 946. Pop., 363. Houses, 73. The parish contains also the townships of Titlington, Crawley, Hedgeley, Beanley, Harehope, Ditchburn, Shipley, Bassington, West Lilburn, East Lilburn, Old Bewick, New Bewick, Wooperton, Brandon, and Branton. Acres, 23, 361. Real property, £19, 097; of which £62 are in mines. Pop., 1,845. Houses, 339. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Ogles. Much of the surface is moorland. Limestone, freestone, and coal abound. A mineral spring, impregnated with vitriol, issues from an old coal draining-drift. A lake of five acres, called Keemer Lough, is rich in perch and very large pike. There are ruins of an old Border tower, and vestiges of British and Roman camps. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the archdeaconship of Lindisfarne, in the diocese of Durham. Value, £835.* The church is good; and there is a Presbyterian chapel.
(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: | Glendale RegD/PLU Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Eglingham |
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