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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beanley like this:
BEANLEY, a township in Eglingham parish, Northumberland; on the river Breamish, 7 miles NW of Alnwick. Acres, 2,341. Pop., 116. Houses, 23. The earls of Dunbar anciently held it on the tenure of maintaining a road into Scotland. A cross stands on Hedgeley-moor, at a short distance from the village, erected to the memory of Sir Ralph Percy, who fell in 1464 in a battle with the Yorkists.
Beanley is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Beanley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Beanley in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8717
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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