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GREENSCHELES CLEUGH, a place on the SW border of Northumberland; on the South Tyne river, 3¾ miles S of Haltwhistle. It was the scene of a remarkable murder in 1530, which gave rise to the fictitious ballad of ' ' Surtees, " inserted by Sir Walter Scott in his ' ' Border Minstrelsy. "
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a place" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Northumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Greenscheles Cleugh |
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