In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Etal like this:
ETAL, or Hothal, a village and a chapelry in Ford parish, Northumberland. The village stands on the river Till, 5½ miles ESE of Cornhill r. station, and 9 NNW of Wooler; has a post office under Coldstream; presents a pleasant appearance; and attracts strangers by its vicinity to angling-grounds and famous battlefields. ...
At the west end of it are a gate-house and tower of Etal Castle, -built in 1341 by Robert de Manners, and taken in 1513 by the Scots; and near the east end is Etal Hall, formerly the seat of the Carrs of Glendale, but now the property of the Earl of Glasgow. A Presbyterian church is at the village; and a beautiful chapel, built in 1856, by Lady A. Fitzclarence, in memorial of her husband and child, is near the Hall. The chapelry is connected with the latter edifice, and is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham; but no statistics of it have been returned.
Etal through time
Etal 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 Etal itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Etal, in Berwick upon Tweed and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21411
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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