Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FORTHERLEY (High)

FORTHERLEY (High), a township in Bywell-St. Peter parish, Northumberland; 7 miles ESE of Hexham. Acres, 1, 629. Pop., 104. Houses, 20.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bywell St Peter CP/AP       Northumberland AncC
Place names: FORTHERLEY     |     FORTHERLEY HIGH     |     HIGH FORTHERLEY
Place: High Fotherley

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