Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GLENDALE

GLENDALE, a district and a ward in the N of Northumberland; between Coquetdale and Scotland. The district comprehends the sub-district of Ford, containing the parishes of Ford, Lowick, Carham, and Branxton, and thirteen townships of Kirk-Newton; and the sub-district of Wooler, containing the parishes of Wooler, Chatton, Ingram, Doddington, and Ilderton, two townships of Kirk-Newton, and seven of Eglingham. Acres, 142, 305. Poor-rates in 1862, £6, 770. Pop. in 1851, 14, 348; in 1861, 13, 211. Houses, 2, 515. Marriages in 1860, 62; births, 394, -of which 50 were illegitimate; deaths, 213, -of which 56 were at ages under 5 years, and 4 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 459; births, 4, 173; deaths, 2, 079. The places of worship, in 1851, were 12 of the Church of England, with 2, 843 sittings; 1 of the Church of Scotland, with 740 s.; 5 of the Presbyterian Church in England, with 3, 326 s.; 3 of the United Presbyterian Church, with 1, 930 s.; 2 of Baptists, with 60 s.; 2 of Primitive Methodists, with 290 s.; and 1 of Roman Catholics, with 85 s. The schools were 25 public day schools, with 1, 677 scholars; 8 private day schools, with 375 s.; and 26 Sunday schools, with 1, 453 s. The workhouse is in Wooler. The ward is mainly identical with the district, but less extensive; and is cut into two divisions, E and W. Acres of the E div., 48, 507; of the W div., 61, 309. Pop. of both, 11, 521. Houses, 2, 219.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a district and a ward"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Glendale RegD/PLU       Northumberland AncC
Place: Glendale

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