In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beal like this:
BEAL, a township in Kyloe chapelry, Northumberland; on the Northeastern railway, opposite Holy Island, 7 miles SE of Tweedmouth. It includes Lowlin; and has a station on the railway, and a post office‡ under Berwick. It was the residence of the famous Irish female saint, Begogh.
Additional information about this locality is available for Kyloe
Beal through time
Beal is now part of Berwick upon Tweed district. Click here for graphs and data of how Berwick upon Tweed has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Beal itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Beal, in Berwick upon Tweed and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24667
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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