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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Nunnykirk like this:
NUNNY-KIRK, a township in Nether Witton parish, Northumberland; on the river Font, 8½ miles N W of Morpeth. Acres, 111. Pop., 31. Houses, 4. Nunny-Kirk House is the seat ofW. Orde, Esq., and stands in a richly-wooded park. A chapel was anciently built here by the abbot of Newminster, and gave rise to the name Nunny-Kirk. .
Nunnykirk is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Nunnykirk itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Nunnykirk in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9583
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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