A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
HEXHAMSHIRE, a division of Hexham parish, and a quondam county palatine, in Northumberland. The division of Hexham parish comprises the townships of High Quarter, Low Quarter, Middle Quarter, and West Quarter. Acres, 23, 198. Real property, £7, 356; of which £20 are in mines. Pop., 1, 209. Houses, 240. Acres of High Quarter, 8, 783; of L. Q., 3, 608; of M. Q., 5, 700; of W. Q., 5, 117. Pop. of H. Q., 243; of L. Q., 454; of M. Q., 2, 555; of W. Q., 257. Houses, 44, 92, 54, and 50. H. Q. extends from 6 miles S by W of Hexham town to the borders of Durhamshire; is wild and mountainous; and contains the hamlet of Lillswood. L. Q. extends from 2 to 4 ½ miles S of Hexham; includes the camping ground of the Lancastrians previous to the battle of Hexham, and a romantic ravine called Deepden, with the Queen's cave, where Margaret and her child lay concealed after the battle; and contains the hamlets of Dotland, Lee, Linnels, Ordley, and Steel. M. Q. extends from 3 to 6 miles S by W of Hexham; had a lead manufactory, which was recently removed to Allendale parish; and contains the hamlets of Dalton, Mollerstead, and Raw green. W. Q. extends from 1 to 4 miles W of Hexham; includes the access to the suspension bridge over the South Tyne; and contains the hamlets of Greenshaw plain, Nubbock, and Summerrods. The quondam county palatine comprised the parishes of Hexham, St. John-Lee, and Allendale; was governed, as a regality, by the bishops of Hexham; passed, as a barony, to the archbishops of York; and was annexed, in the time of Elizabeth, to Northumberland.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a division of Hexham parish, and a quondam county palatine" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Hexhamshire |
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