In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Corsenside like this:
CORSENSIDE, a parish in Bellingham district, Northumberland; on Watling-street and the river Reed, around Woodburn r. station, and 5½ miles NE of Bellingham. It includes the villages of East Woodburn and West Woodburn; the last of which has a post office under Hexham. Acres, 11, 132. Real property, £5, 175. ...
Pop., 505. Houses, 108. The property is much sub-divided. Ironstone and limestone occur, and have been largely worked. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the dio. of Durham. Value, £275.* Patron, William Bewicke, Esq. The church is ancient, and was reported in 1859 as bad.
Corsenside through time
Corsenside is now part of Tynedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tynedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Corsenside itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Corsenside, in Tynedale and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8944
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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