Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KILHAM

KILHAM, a township in Kirk-Newton parish, Northumberland; 7½ miles N W by W of Wooler. It includes the hamlet of Thornington. Acres, 2, 855. Pop., 209. Houses, 39. The manor belongs to the Earl of Tankerville. The Kilham hills here are an offshoot of the Cheviots, bordering on Scotland.


(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: Northumberland AncC
Place: Kilham

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