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BARRASFORD, a township in Chollerton parish, Northumberland: on the North Tyne river, and on the Border Counties railway, 7½ miles NNW of Hexham. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Hexham. The right of a weekly market for it was obtained by Robert de Umfraville from Edward I.; but has long been in abeyance. Acres, 1,394. Pop., 215. Houses, 47.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Chollerton Parish Northumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Barrasford |
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