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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Wooler, small market town and par., Northumberland, under the Cheviots, 9 miles SW. of Belford and 20 S. of Berwick upon Tweed - par., 4917 ac., pop. 1529; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Thursday. Wooler, anciently called Willover, is in some parts ill-built, but possesses a neat church (1765), a public school, a dispensary, and a mechanics institute with library and reading-room. Fairs for cattle and horses are held in May, September, and October. Traces of an old castle and many ancient entrenchments are in the vicinity, the most remarkable being Humbledon Heugh, 1 mile NW. The pillar commemorating Earl Percy's victory is in the plain beneath.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "small market town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Wooler AP/CP Northumberland AncC |
| Place names: | WILLOVER | WOOLER |
| Place: | Wooler |
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