A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
NINEBANKS, a chapelry in Allendale parish, Northumberland; on the river Allen, 3 miles S W of Allendale r. station, and 10 S S W of Haydon-Bridge. Post-town, Allendale, under Carlisle. The statistics are returned with the parish. The property belonged anciently to the Earls of Auckland; and a castle of the Earls was here, a tower of which still stands. The surface ismainly hilly and wild. There are several lead mines, which once were very productive. There are also quarries of building-stone. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £124.* Patron, the Incumbent of Allendale. The church was rebuilt, and thechurchyard enlarged, in 1813. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Allendale CP/Ch Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Ninebanks |
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