Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SPINDLESTONE

SPINDLESTONE, a township in Bambrough parish, Northumberland; 2¾ miles E by S of Belford. Acres, 467. Pop. 113. Houses, 27. S. hills are celebrated in the ballad of "the Laidley Worm of S. Hengh,'' written in 1270.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place: Spindlestone

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