Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kielder

Kielder, ry. sta. on NW. border of Northumberland among the Cheviots, 16¾ miles NW. of Bellingham; P.O. Kielder is a property of the Duke of Northumberland, and has a shooting-lodge called Kielder Castle. The place is celebrated in Scott's Border Minstrelsy, and contains several spots and objects associated with Border legends.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place: Kielder

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