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

BROOMHAUGH, a township in Bywell-St. Andrew parish, Northumberland; on the river Tyne, adjacent to the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 5 miles ESE of Corbridge. Acres, 800. Pop., 151. Houses, 28.

Broomhaugh through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8850

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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