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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Monkridge like this:
MONKRIDGE-WARD, a township in Elsdon parish, Northumberland; on the river Reed, 7 miles NE of Bellingham. Acres, 5,451. Pop., 88. Houses, 16. An old mansion here was the seat of the De Lisles, and is now a farm-house.
Monkridge is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Monkridge itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Monkridge in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9501
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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