Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THOCKRINGTON

THOCKRINGTON, a parish, with four townships, in Bellingham district, Northumberland; 4¾ miles NNE of Chollerton r. station, and 10 N by E of Hexham. Post town, Hexham. Acres, 6,943. Real property, £3,064. Pop., 166. Houses, 36. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £228. Patron, the Bishop of D. The church is ancient.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish, with four townships"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Thockrington CP/AP       Bellingham RegD/PLU       Northumberland AncC
Place: Thockrington

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