Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RIDLEY

RIDLEY, a township in Haltwhistle parish, Northumberland; on the river Allen, at its influx to the South Tyne, adjacent to the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 5 miles E of Haltwhistle. Acres, 4, 388. Pop, 232. Houses, 40. The manor belonged to the Ridleys; passed to the Lowes; and, with R. Hall, belongs now to the Davidsons. The woods connected with the hall areremarkably picturesque; and extend several miles, upboth sides of the Allen, toward Staward-Peel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Haltwhistle AP/CP       Ridley CP/Tn       Northumberland AncC
Place: Ridley

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