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Kirkhaugh  Northumberland

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kirkhaugh like this:

KIRKHAUGH, a parish in Haltwhistle district, Northumberland; on the South Tyne river, the Maiden way, and the Alston railway, adjacent to Cumberland, 2 miles SSE of Slaggyford r. station, and 2½ NW by N of Alston. Post town, Alston, under Carlisle. Acres, 6, 665. Real property, £1, 472. ...


Pop., 223. Houses, 48. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Greenwich Hospital. Much of the land is moor and mountain. Traces of a Roman station, occupying nearly 9 acres, and defended on the W side by ten breast works and trenches, are at Castle-Nook; and three Roman altars and fragments of a colossal statue have been found. Camden says that an inscription was erected here, and a palace built, in honour of the Emperor Antoninus, in 213, by the third cohort of the Nervii. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £70. Patron, R. W. Saunder, Esq. The church is good.

Kirkhaugh through time

Kirkhaugh is now part of Tynedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tynedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kirkhaugh itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kirkhaugh, in Tynedale and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9412

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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