Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PLESSEY

PLESSEY, a ville in Stannington parish, Northumberland; on the river Blyth and the North eastern railway, 5 miles S S E of Morpeth. It has a station on the railway; and it figures in many ancient deeds and records. P. Hall was formerly the seat of the Plesseyfamily, but is now a farm-house; and P. Mill was connected with St. Bartholomew's monastery in Newcastle.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a ville"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stannington CP/AP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Plessey

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