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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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FEATHERSTONE, a township-chapelry in Haltwhistle parish, Northumberland; on the South Tyne river., and on the Alston and Haltwhistle railway, near the boundary with Cumberland, 3 miles S by W of Haltwhistle. It has a station on the railway; and its post town is Haltwhistle, under Carlisle. Acres, 2, 844. Pop., 307. Houses, 61. Featherstone Castle here was, for many ages, the seat of the Featherstones of Featherstonehaugh; passed to the Earls of Carlisle; and is now the seat of J. Hope Wallace, Esq. The edifice is picturesque; consists partly of an ancient square tower, with two turrets; but includes a modern castellated mansion, with a gallery 60 feet long. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £90.* Patron, J. Hope Wallace, Esq. The church is a Gothic structure, attached to the castle; and there was added to it, in 1829, a mausoleum for Lady Jane Hope.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Featherstone Tn/CP Haltwhistle AP/CP Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Featherstone |
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