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

CHIRDON, a township in Gaystead parish, Northumberland; on a burn of its own name, an affluent of the North Tyne, 5½ miles W by S of Bellingham. Pop., 60.

Chirdon through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8927

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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