Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THIRLWALL

THIRLWALL, a township in Haltwhistle parish, Northumberland; 4 miles WNW of Haltwhistle. Acres, 7,944. Pop., 360. Houses, 65. T. Castle belonged to the Thirlwalls; gave a night's lodging to Edward I.; passed to the Swinburnes and the Howards; and is now reduced to a fragment of a ruin.


(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: Haltwhistle AP/CP       Thirlwall Tn/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Thirlwall

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