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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fallowfield like this:
FALLOWFIELD, a township in St. John Lee parish, Northumberland; near the Roman wall, 3¼ miles N of Hexham. Pop., 43. Houses, 10. A rich vein of lead ore is here. Fallowfield fell commands a fine view; was quarried for the Roman wall; and has a Roman inscription on a grey stone, called the Written Rock.
Fallowfield is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fallowfield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fallowfield in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9132
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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