A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WHALTON, a parish, with a village and four townships, in Castle-Ward district, Northumberland; 2½ miles SE by S of Meldon r. station, and 6 S W of Morpeth. It has a post-office under Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Acres, 5,918. Real property, £7,356. Pop., 495. Houses, 103. The property is subdivided. There are traces of a Roman camp, and slight remains of Ogle Castle. Freestone and limestone are quarried. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £753.* Patron, R. Bates, Esq. The church was restored in 1783. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and partially endowed British schools.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village and four townships" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Whalton CP/AP Castle Ward RegD/PLU Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Whalton |
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