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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brenkley like this:
BRENKLEY, a township in Dinnington parish, Northumberland; 2½ miles W of the Northeastern railway, and 7½ N by W of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Acres, 885. Pop., 51. Houses, 10.
Brenkley is now part of NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE District. Click here for graphs and data of how NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brenkley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brenkley, in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8760
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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