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.
BYWELL, a village and a subdistrict in Hexham district, Northumberland. The village stands in the parishes of Bywell-St. Andrew and Bywell-St. Peter, on the river Tyne, adjacent to Stocksfield r. station, 7¼ miles E of Hexham; and contains the two parish churches, and dissenting chapels. A wear, with a fall of about 10 feet, goes across the river below; a bridge, of recent erection, built at the cost of £15,000, spans the river adjacent; and a seat of W. B. Beaumont, Esq., and the ruins of an ancient castle, are in the vicinity. The surrounding manor belonged to the Baliols; passed to the Nevilles and the Fenwicks; and belongs now to W. B. Beaumont, Esq.-The subdistrict contains three parishes, large part of another, and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 47,859. Pop., 8,128. Houses, 1,522.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hexham RegD/PLU Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Bywell |
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