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

BELTINGHAM, a chapelry in Haltwhistle parish, Northumberland; on the South Tyne, adjacent to the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, near Bardon Mill station, 4 miles W of Haydon Bridge. Post Town, Bardon Mill, under Carlisle. Statistics not separately reported. A market was formerly held here; and there is a very old and large yew in the churchyard. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £87. Patron, the Vicar of Haltwhistle. The church is good.

Beltingham through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24668

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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