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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kilhope Law like this:
KILHOPE-LAW, a mountain on the mutual border of Durham and Northumberland; immediately E of their meeting point with Cumberland at Kilhope-Cross. It has an altitude of 2, 196 feet. The river Wear rises on its SW side.
Kilhope Law is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kilhope Law itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kilhope Law, in Northumberland and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25856
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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