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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beal like this:
BEAL, a township in Kyloe chapelry, Northumberland; on the Northeastern railway, opposite Holy Island, 7 miles SE of Tweedmouth. It includes Lowlin; and has a station on the railway, and a post office‡ under Berwick. It was the residence of the famous Irish female saint, Begogh.
Beal is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Beal itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Beal in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24667
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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