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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Milfield like this:
MILFIELD, a village and a township in Kirknewton parish, Northumberland. The village stands on the river Till, 4½ miles NW of Wooler; is the Maelmain of Bede; was a seat of the kings of Northumbria; and has a postoffice under Alnwick. The township comprises 1,471 acres. Pop., 225. Houses, 49. Milfield Hall is a chief residence. Milfield Plain was the scene of a discomfiture of the Scots, by Bulmer, before the battle of Flodden. Roman relics have been found. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
Milfield is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Milfield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Milfield in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9495
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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