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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wreighill like this:
WREIGHILL, a township in Rothbury parish, Northumberland , 5¼ miles W of Rothbury. Acres, 411. Pop., 13. Houses, 3. This place was once populous; but it suffered fearful devastation, first by an incursion of moss-troopers in 1412,-next by a visitation of the place in 1665.
Wreighill is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wreighill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wreighill in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9802
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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