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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Busy Gap like this:
BUSY-GAP, a pass through the hills on the SW border of Northumberland; adjacent to the Roman wall, 3 miles NW of Haltwhistle. It used to be infested by moss-troopers.
Busy Gap is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Busy Gap itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Busy Gap in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/31062
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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