Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HARLE (LITTLE and WEST)

HARLE (LITTLE and WEST), two townships in Kirkwhelpington parish, Northumberland; on the river Wansbeck, and on the Wansbeck Valley railway, 9½ miles E of Bellingham. Acres, 701 and 661. Pop., 80 and 17. Houses, 12 and 3. Little Harle Tower, an ancient border fortalice, is now part of the seat of Thomas Anderson, Esq.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "two townships"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kirkwhelpington AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Little Harle

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