Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GRINDON

GRINDON, a township in Norham parish, Northumberland; 7 miles SW of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Acres, 1, 475. Pop., 128. house, 27. A battle was finght here, in 1558, between the Percys and the Scots.


(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: Grindon CP/Tn       Norham AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Grindon

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