Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EARL, or Yeard-Hill

EARL, or Yeard-Hill, a township in Doddington parish, Northumberland; 1 mile SW of Wooler. Acres, 1, 240. Pop., 67. Houses, 11. Earl House was the seat of the Biddlestones, and passed to the Selbys.


(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: Doddington Ch/CP/AP       Northumberland AncC
Place names: EARL     |     EARL OR YEARD HILL     |     YEARD HILL
Place: Earle

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