Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Houghton and Close House

Houghton and Close House, township, Heddon on the Wall par. S. Northumberland, 8½ miles NW. of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 617 ac., pop. 173.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Heddon on the Wall Tn/AP/CP       Houghton and Close House CP/Tn       Northumberland AncC
Place: Houghton

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.