In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gunnerton like this:
GUNNERTON AND CHIPCHASE, a township in Chollerton parish, Northumberland; on the North Tyne river, and on the Border Counties railway, 7½ miles NNW of Hexham. Acres, 4, 307. Pop., 417. Houses, 83. Chipchase estate was part of the ancient manor of Prudhoe; belonged to the Umfravilles; and passed to the Herons. ...
A castellated mansion on it includes a tower built, in the 13th century, by Peter de Insula, with roof rising from corbels and machicolations; and consists mainly of an interesting edifice of 1621, forming a fine specimen of the architecture of that period, and containing, in its principal room, a magnificent black oak chimney piece. A chapel, situated in the park, was given, in 1172, to the monks of Hexham. Traces of a Roman entrenchment, and a large barrow, in which coins have been found, are in Gunnerton.
Gunnerton through time
Gunnerton is now part of Tynedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tynedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gunnerton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gunnerton, in Tynedale and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21442
Date accessed: 30th April 2024
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