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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Butterlaw like this:
BUTTERLAW, a township in Newburn parish Northumberland; 5 miles W by N of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Acres, 250. Pop., 10. Houses, 3.
Butterlaw is now part of NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE District. Click here for graphs and data of how NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Butterlaw itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Butterlaw, in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22464
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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