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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Heddon like this:
HEDDON (West), a township in Heddon-on-theWall parish, Northumberland; adjacent to Heddon-onthe-Wall township. Acres, 338. Pop., 36. Houses, 7. A row of houses here was inhabited by French emigrants, during the revolution; and was afterwards used as a workhouse.
West Heddon is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Heddon itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Heddon in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9268
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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