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BYRNESS, or Burness, a chapelry in Elsdon parish, Northumberland; on the river Reed, among the Cheviots, 10 miles NW of Otterburn, and 12½ N of Forset r. station. Post Town, Elsdon, under Newcastle-on-Tyne. Statistics returned with the parish. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £75. Patron, the Rector of Elsdon. The church was built in 1793.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Elsdon Parish Northumberland Ancient County |
| Place names: | BURNESS | BYRNESS | BYRNESS OR BURNESS |
| Place: | Byrness |
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