A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SPITTLE, a village and a township in Tweedmouth parish, Northumberland. The village stands on the coast, at the mouth of the river Tweed, opposite Berwick, 1 mile E of Tweedmouth r. station; took its name from an ancient hospital; was once a resort of smugglers and pirates; is now a watering-place, with many good lodging-houses, an excellent bathing-beach, and a mineral spring; comprises two chief streets, one of them about a mile long; contains the gasworks for Tweedmouth and Berwick; carries on a large trade in catching, curing, and smoking herrings; carries on also iron-founding, and spade and shovel-making; and has a post-office under Berwick, a coastguard station, a church built in 1867, a U. Presbyterian chapel, and a large school.-The township comprises 244 acres. Pop., 1,768. Houses, 240.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Spittle |
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