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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hedley like this:
HEDLEY-ON-THE-HILL, AND HEDLEY-WOODSIDE, two townships in Ovingham parish, Northumberland; adjacent to the boundary with Durham, 3 miles SE of Stocksfield r. station, and 10 ESE of Hexham. Acres, 1, 399 and 1, 364. Pop., 241 and 69. Houses, 48 and 8. The manor belongs to the Duke of Northumberland. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Hedley is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hedley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hedley in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9272
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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