Hurlstone, Northumberland

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

HURLSTONE, a curious old pillar between Lilburne and Chillingham, in Northumberland; in a high field, 4 miles SE of Wooler. Tradition says that a subterranean passage of great length goes under it; and superstition says that the fairies have been heard singing, "Wind about, and turn again, And thrice round the Hurl Stane"

Hurlstone through time

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

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