Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Heddon on the Wall

Heddon on the Wall, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., S. Northumberland, 7 miles NW. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne - par., 4842 ac. (including part of Newburn par.), pop. 869; township, 1188 ac., pop. 529; P.O.; the vil. is on the site of the Roman wall of Severus.


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

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Feature Description: "parish, township, and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Heddon on the Wall Tn/AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Heddon on the Wall

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