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LONGHIRST, a township in Bothal parish, Northumberland; on the Northeastern railway, 2½ miles NE of Morpeth. It has a station on the railway. Acres, 1,703. Pop., 253. Houses, 55. Longhirst Hall and Longhirst Grange are chief residences. There are a national school and a reading-room.
(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: | Bothal AP/CP Longhirst CP/Tn Northumberland AncC |
Place: | Longhirst |
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