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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Greystead like this:
GAYSTEAD, or Greystead, a parish in Bellingham district, Northumberland; on the river North Tyne, adjacent to the Border Counties railway, near Tarset and Thorneyburn r. stations, 5 miles WNW of Bellingham. It comprises the townships of Chirdon and Smalesmouth; and its post town is Falstone, under Hexham. ...
Acres, 18, 003. Real property, £2, 436. Pop., 290. Houses, 41. The property is divided among a few. The surface includes a portion of the North Tyne valley; but is mainly moor and upland. Greystead Bower was long the seat of a branch of the Charltons, famous in Border raids. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £150.* Patron, Greenwich Hospital. The church is pretty good.
Greystead is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Greystead itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Greystead in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20297
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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