Rimside Moor, Northumberland
Historical Description
Rimside Moor, a moor in the N of Long Framlington parish, Northumberland, formerly much infested by highwaymen, 4 miles ENE of Rothbury. A Northumbrian proverb says, "As wide as Eimside Moor;" and an old ballad is called " The Black Sow of Rimside and the Monk of Holy Island."
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Rimside Moor are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers related to Northumberland online: