A vision of Britain through time
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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.
HUMSHAUGH, a village and a township chapelry in Simonburn parish, Northumberland. The village stands near the Roman wall and the river North Tyne, 1½ mile W of Chollerford r. station, and 5 N-W by N of Hexham; and has a post office under Hexham.—The chapelry extends to the North Tyne, and includes the mansion of Chesters, the seat of John Clayton, Esq., with the rich and interesting remains of the Roman station of Cilurnum. Pop., 443. Houses, 85. The manor belonged formerly to the Swinburnes. Limestone is quarried. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £120.* Patrons, the Governors of Greenwich Hospital. The church is a neat modern edifice, in the Saxon style.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Humshaugh CP/Ch/Tn Simonburn CP/AP Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Humshaugh |
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