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Greenleighton, Northumberland

Historical Description

Greenleighton, a township in Cambo parish, Northumberland, 6½ miles SSW of Rothbnry, and 3 from Long Witton station on the North British railway. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Cambo. Acreage, 1670; population, 7. It is noted for its fine green hill and its excellent limestone, and it has an oval camp encompassed by a fosse. Sir G. 0. Trevelyan, Bart., is lord of the manor.

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 parishHartburn 
Poor Law unionRothbury 
WardTindale 

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


Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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