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STANNINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Castle Ward district, Northumberland; on the river Blyth, 1 mile W of Plessey r. station, and 4½ S by E of Morpeth. It is divided into three quarters, S, NE, and NW; and has a post-office under Cramlington. Acres, 10,093. Real property, £10,038. Pop., 1,008. Houses, 194. The manor belonged to Roger de Merlai; passed to the Greystokes, the Somervilles, and others; and belongs now to the Earl of Carlisle. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £355.* Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The church is old. There are a reformatory school, and a school endowed with £11 per annum for the education of certain poor scholars.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Stannington CP/AP Castle Ward RegD/PLU Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Stannington |
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