In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rimside Moor like this:
RIMSIDE-MOOR, a moor in the N of Long Framlington parish, Northumberland; 4 miles E N E of Rothbury. A Northumbrian proverb says, " As wide as Rimside Moor; " and an old ballad is called " The Black Sow of Rimside and the Monk of Holy Island."
Additional information about this locality is available for Edlingham
Rimside Moor through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Rimside Moor has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Alnwick. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Rimside Moor and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rimside Moor, in Alnwick and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25091
Date accessed: 20th May 2013
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