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