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

GREYS FOREST, a township in Kirknewton parish, Northumberland; 6 miles WNW of Wooler. Acres, 6, 615. Pop., 39. house, 7.

Greys Forest through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9196

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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