Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Chillingham

Chillingham, par., township, and vil., N. Northumberland, on river Till, 8 miles SW. of Belford ry. sta.-- par., 5003 ac., pop. 334; township, 1765 ac., pop. 138; S. of the vil. is Chillingham Castle, seat of the Earl of Tankerville, a castellated mansion, affording a striking example of domestic architecture of the time of Edward III. In C. Park, a remnant of the great forest which once extended from Dunkeld to Alnwick, is kept a herd of wild white cattle, like those at Cadzow.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parish, township, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Chillingham AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Chillingham

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