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Barrasford, Northumberland

Historical Description

Barrasford, a township in Chollerton parish, Northumberland, on the North Tyne river, and on the Border Counties railway, 7¼ miles NNW of Hexham. It has a station on the North British Railway, and has a post and money order office, R.S.O. (Northumberland). The right of a weekly market for il was obtained by Robert de Umfraville from Edward I., but has long been in abeyance.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyNorthumberland 
Civil parishChollerton 
Poor Law unionHexham 
WardTindale 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Barrasford from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Barrasford are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers related to Northumberland online:

CountyNorthumberland
RegionNorth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtNE48
Post TownHexham

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