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.
GUNNERTON AND CHIPCHASE, a township in Chollerton parish, Northumberland; on the North Tyne river, and on the Border Counties railway, 7½ miles NNW of Hexham. Acres, 4, 307. Pop., 417. Houses, 83. Chipchase estate was part of the ancient manor of Prudhoe; belonged to the Umfravilles; and passed to the Herons. A castellated mansion on it includes a tower built, in the 13th century, by Peter de Insula, with roof rising from corbels and machicolations; and consists mainly of an interesting edifice of 1621, forming a fine specimen of the architecture of that period, and containing, in its principal room, a magnificent black oak chimney piece. A chapel, situated in the park, was given, in 1172, to the monks of Hexham. Traces of a Roman entrenchment, and a large barrow, in which coins have been found, are in Gunnerton.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Chollerton CP/AP Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Gunnerton |
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