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THORNEYBURN, a parish, with two townships, in Bellingham district, Northumberland; 1¾ mile N of Tarset r. station, and 4½ NW by W of Bellingham. Post town, Bellingham, under Hexham. Acres, 20,133. Real property, £3,280. Pop., 514. Houses, 72. The property is much subdivided. Much of the land is moorish waste. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £200. Patron, Greenwich Hospital.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with two townships" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Thorneyburn Parish Bellingham Poor Law Union/Registration District Northumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Thorneyburn |
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