Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bellingham

Bellingham, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., S. Northumberland, 16 miles NW. of Hexham, 20,481 ac., pop. 1493 -- township, 2352 ac., pop. 728; pop. of vil. 458; P.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Saturday. Has coal, ironstone, and limestone.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Bellingham AP/Ch/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Bellingham

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