In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Birling like this:

BIRLING, or Berling, a township in Warkworth parish, Northumberland; on the river Coquet and on the coast, 6½ miles SE of Alnwick. Acres, 826. Pop., 83. Houses, 14.

Birling through time

Birling is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Birling itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Birling in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8738

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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