Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MILBURN and MILBURN GRANGE

MILBURN and MILBURN GRANGE, two townships in Ponteland parish, Northumberland; on the river Pont, 10½ miles NW of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Acres, 1,216 and 629. Pop., 86 and 39. Houses, 16 and 7. The manor was given by Simon de Diveliston to Hexham priory; went, at the dissolution, to the Horsleys; and, with Milburn Hall, belongs now to R. Bates, Esq. Limestone and coal are found.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "two townships"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ponteland Parish       Northumberland Ancient County
Place: Milbourne

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