Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BATE'S ISLAND

BATE'S ISLAND, a small island in Earsdon parish, Northumberland; nearly opposite Hartley, 4½ miles SSE of Blyth. Here are remains of a chapel and a hermitage. Here also is a small harbour, made by Lord Delaval, for sheltering fishermen in storms.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a small island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place: St Marys Island

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