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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hermitage like this:
HERMITAGE, a seat in St. John-Lee parish, Northumberland; on the river Tyne, in the NW vicinity of Hexham. It took its name from being the retreat of St. John of Beverley; occupies the site of an ancient oratory, which was plundered, in 1138, by the Scots; has in its garden a monumental flagstone to a proprietor, who died in 1655; was itself built in 1724 by the Coatsworths; and is now the seat of Mrs. Allgood.
Hermitage is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hermitage itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hermitage in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25764
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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