Black Carts and Ryehill, Northumberland
Historical Description
Black-Carts and Ryehill form a township in the parish of Simonburn, Northumberland, near the Roman Wall, 8½ miles NW of Hexham, and 3 from Chollerford station on the North British railway. Humshaugh is the post, money order, and telegraph office. Acreage, 29; population, 22.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Northumberland | |
Poor Law union | Hexham | |
Ward | Tindale |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Black Carts and Ryehill from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Black-Carts)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers related to Northumberland online: