A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WHITTINGHAM, a township in Rothbury district, and a parish partly also in Alnwick district, Northumberland. The township lies 8½ miles W by S of Alnwick r. station; contains a village of its own name; and has a post-office under Alnwick, and a good inn. Acres, 6,103. Pop., 703. Houses, 133. A vaulted peeled tower of the 14th century is here, and has been converted into alms houses. The parish contains six other townships, and comprises 17,484 acres. Real property, £15,286. Pop., 1,923. Houses, 374. The property is not much divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £540.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle. The church is ancient and cruciform, and was much altered in 1842. There is a Presbyterian chapel.
(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: | Alnwick RegD/PLU Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Whittingham |
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