Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Redesdale

Redesdale, valley of river Rede, Northumberland; extends from the Border at Carter Fell to the North Tyne at Reedsmouth, and is 21 miles long; gives the title of earl to the Mitford family. See REDE.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "valley"   (ADL Feature Type: "valleys")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place: Redesdale

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