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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Byrness like this:
BYRNESS, or Burness, a chapelry in Elsdon parish, Northumberland; on the river Reed, among the Cheviots, 10 miles NW of Otterburn, and 12½ N of Forset r. station. Post Town, Elsdon, under Newcastle-on-Tyne. Statistics returned with the parish. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £75. Patron, the Rector of Elsdon. The church was built in 1793.
Byrness is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Byrness itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Byrness in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24714
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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