In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Leemailing like this:

LEEMAILING, a township in Bellingham parish, Northumberland, on the North Tyne river, 1 mile NW of Bellingham. Pop., 234. Houses, 48. Hesleyside here is the seat. of the Charltons, and has a neat domestic chapel. Stone is largely quarried.

Leemailing through time

Leemailing is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Leemailing itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Leemailing in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22525

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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