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BIRTLEY, or Birkley, a parochial chapelry in Bellingham district, Northumberland; on the North Tyne river and on the Border Counties railway, near Wark station, 5 miles SE of Bellingham. It was disjoined in 1765 from the parish of Chollerton; it includes the township of Broomhope and Buteland; and its Post Town is Wark, under Hexham. Acres, 6,720. Rated property, £3,428. Pop., 404. Houses, 80. The property is divided among six. Coal and other useful minerals occur. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £122. Patron, the Duke of Northumberland. The church is not good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parochial chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Bellingham Poor Law Union/Registration District Northumberland Ancient County |
| Place names: | BIRKLEY | BIRTLEY | BIRTLEY OR BIRKLEY |
| Place: | Birtley |
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