Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rock

Rock, township, Embleton par., Northumberland, 4½ miles NE. of Alnwick, 2053 ac., pop. 249; P.O.; Rock House, seat, includes an ancient tower.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Embleton AP/CP       Rock CP/Ch       Northumberland AncC
Place: Rock

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