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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kilham like this:
KILHAM, a township in Kirk-Newton parish, Northumberland; 7½ miles N W by W of Wooler. It includes the hamlet of Thornington. Acres, 2, 855. Pop., 209. Houses, 39. The manor belongs to the Earl of Tankerville. The Kilham hills here are an offshoot of the Cheviots, bordering on Scotland.
Kilham is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kilham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kilham in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9407
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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