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BELLISTER, a township in Haltwhistle parish, Northumberland; on the South Tyne, near the Newcastle and Carlisle and the Alston railways, 1 mile S of Haltwhistle. Acres, 988. Pop., 117. Houses, 27.-Bellister Castle, now a crumbling mass of ruin, was the seat of the Blenkinsops.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Bellister CP/Tn Haltwhistle AP/CP Northumberland AncC |
Place: | Bellister |
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