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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beadnell like this:
BEADNELL, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Bambrough parish, Northumberland. The village stands on the coast, 3¾ miles ENE of Chathill r. station, and 5¼. SE of Bambrough; and has a post office under Chathill, and a small harbour. The township comprises 743 acres. Pop., 311. ...
Houses, 66. The chapelry includes the township, but is more extensive; and was constituted in 1854. Rated property, £1,371. Pop., 577. Houses, 115. The property is not much divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £79.* Patron, the Vicar of Bambrough. The church is a handsome Gothic edifice.
Beadnell is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Beadnell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Beadnell in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8713
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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