In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chillingham like this:
CHILLINGHAM, a township and a parish in Glendale district, Northumberland. The township lies on the river Till, 4½ miles ESE of Wooler, and 7¼ WSW of Lucker r. station. Pop., 147. Houses, 30. The parish includes also the townships of Hebburn and Newton. Post town, Chatton, under Belford. ...
Acres, 4, 929. Real property, £4, 354. Pop., 328. Houses, 66. The property all belongs to the Earl of Tankerville. Chillingham Castle, the Earl's seat, is a heavy structure, of the time of Elizabeth; and contains portraits of Bacon, Burleigh, Buckingham, Charles I., and James II. The park is large and beautiful; and contains a herd of wild white cattle, with black noses, known as the white Scottish bison. A circular British camp, called Roscastle, is in the park; and the Hurlestone cross, erected in memory of Sir Ralph Percy, who fell here in a skirmish in 1463, is near the village. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £340.* Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church is good; and contains an alabaster tomb of the Greys of Wark.
Chillingham through time
Chillingham is now part of Berwick upon Tweed district. Click here for graphs and data of how Berwick upon Tweed has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chillingham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chillingham, in Berwick upon Tweed and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8926
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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