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WREIGHILL, a township in Rothbury parish, Northumberland , 5¼ miles W of Rothbury. Acres, 411. Pop., 13. Houses, 3. This place was once populous; but it suffered fearful devastation, first by an incursion of moss-troopers in 1412,-next by a visitation of the place in 1665.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Rothbury AP/CP Wreighill CP/Tn Northumberland AncC |
Place: | Wreighill |
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