Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WALLTOWN

WALLTOWN, a township in Haltwhistle parish, Northumberland; on the Roman wall, 2 miles NNW of Haltwhistle. It contains the Roman station Æsiea, now called Great Chesters, contains also the residence of Bishop Ridley's brother, now a farmhouse. Acres, 2,956. Pop., 68. Houses, 14.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Haltwhistle AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Wall Town

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