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

BLACK-CARTS-WITH-RYEHILL, an extra-parochial tract in Hexham district, Northumberland; near the Roman wall, 8½ miles NW of Hexham. Pop., 19. Houses, 3.

Black Carts through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8742

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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