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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Islandshire like this:
ISLANDSHIRE, a sub-district and a hundred in Northumberland. The sub-district is in Berwick district, and contains the parishes of Kyloe, Holy-Island, and Ancroft. Acres, 26, 791. Pop., 4, 052. Houses, 727.-The hundred includes all the sub-district, also the Fern Islands, and parts of the parishes of Tweedmouth and Belford; and, previous to the annexations of detached tracts by the act of 7 and 8 Vict. c. 61, it belonged to Durham. Acres, 33, 776. Pop., 4, 980. Houses, 908.
Islandshire is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Islandshire itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Islandshire in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20811
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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