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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described High Fotherley like this:
FORTHERLEY (High), a township in Bywell-St. Peter parish, Northumberland; 7 miles ESE of Hexham. Acres, 1, 629. Pop., 104. Houses, 20.
High Fotherley is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about High Fotherley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of High Fotherley in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9169
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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