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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Humshaugh like this:
HUMSHAUGH, a village and a township chapelry in Simonburn parish, Northumberland. The village stands near the Roman wall and the river North Tyne, 1½ mile W of Chollerford r. station, and 5 N-W by N of Hexham; and has a post office under Hexham.—The chapelry extends to the North Tyne, and includes the mansion of Chesters, the seat of John Clayton, Esq., with the rich and interesting remains of the Roman station of Cilurnum. ...
Pop., 443. Houses, 85. The manor belonged formerly to the Swinburnes. Limestone is quarried. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £120.* Patrons, the Governors of Greenwich Hospital. The church is a neat modern edifice, in the Saxon style.
Humshaugh is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Humshaugh itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Humshaugh in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9321
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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