In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lilburn like this:
LILBURN (EAST and WEST), two townships in Eglingham parish, Northumberland; on and near the river Till, 4 and 2¾ miles SE of Wooler. Acres, 868 and 1,965. Pop., 85 and 245. Houses, 16 and 40. West Lilburn has a post office under Alnwick. Lilburn Tower is the seat of E. Collingwood, Esq.; stands conspicuously on a knoll, in the middle of the valley; and is a Tudor mansion, by Dobson. ...
Ruins of an old chapel, where the Collingwoods were baptized and buried till the last generation, are in the grounds. The fragment of an ancient tower, which was the seat of the Lilburns in the 13th century, is on the hill above. The base of a cross, with four steps, was found, in 1769, under a heap called the "Apron-full of Stones."
Lilburn through time
Lilburn is now part of Berwick upon Tweed district. Click here for graphs and data of how Berwick upon Tweed has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lilburn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lilburn, in Berwick upon Tweed and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9440
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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