In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ninebanks like this:
NINEBANKS, a chapelry in Allendale parish, Northumberland; on the river Allen, 3 miles S W of Allendale r. station, and 10 S S W of Haydon-Bridge. Post-town, Allendale, under Carlisle. The statistics are returned with the parish. The property belonged anciently to the Earls of Auckland; and a castle of the Earls was here, a tower of which still stands. ...
The surface ismainly hilly and wild. There are several lead mines, which once were very productive. There are also quarries of building-stone. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £124.* Patron, the Incumbent of Allendale. The church was rebuilt, and thechurchyard enlarged, in 1813. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
Ninebanks through time
Ninebanks is now part of Tynedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tynedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ninebanks itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ninebanks, in Tynedale and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21570
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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