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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Horsley By Ovingham like this:
HORSLEY, a township in Ovingham parish, Northumberland; near the Roman wall, the river Tyne, and the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 2½ miles NW of Wylam. It has a post office under Wylam, and chapels for Independents and Wesleyans. Acres, 1, 478. Pop., 272. Houses, 58.
Horsley By Ovingham is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Horsley By Ovingham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Horsley by Ovingham in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9310
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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