In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Horsley By Ovingham like this:
HORSLEY, a township in Ovingham parish, Northumberland; near the Roman wall, the river Tyne, and the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 2½ miles NW of Wylam. It has a post office under Wylam, and chapels for Independents and Wesleyans. Acres, 1, 478. Pop., 272. Houses, 58.
Horsley by Ovingham through time
Horsley By Ovingham is now part of Tynedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tynedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Horsley By Ovingham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Horsley by Ovingham, in Tynedale and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9310
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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