Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GLENWHETT

GLENWHETT, a hamlet in Blenkinsop township, Haltwhistle parish, Northumberland; near the Roman wall and the Carlisle and Newcastle railway, 3½ miles W by N of Haltwhistle. It is separated by Tippal rivulet from Greenhead village; and it has an inn, the garden-wall of which includes a Roman altar.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Haltwhistle AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Glenwhett

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