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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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SIMONBURN, a township and a parish in Hexham district, Northumberland. The township lies 3½ miles S of Wark r. station, and 8 NNW of Hexham; and contains a village of its own name. Pop., 494. Houses, 99. The parish includes Haughton and Humshaugh townships, and comprises 13,372 acres. Post town, Hexham. Real property, £8,958. Pop., 1,042. Houses, 205. The manor belongs to the Duke of Northumberland. Haughton Cast1e is the seat of G. Crawshay, Esq.; Nunwick Hall, of J. H. Allgood, Esq.; Park End, of J. Ridley, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £426. Patron, Greenwich Hospital. The church's chancel was rebuilt in 1862. The p. curacy of Humshaugh is a separate benefice.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Simonburn CP/AP Hexham RegD/PLU Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Simonburn |
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