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.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Northumberland | |
Civil parish | Hartburn | |
Poor Law union | Rothbury | |
Ward | Tindale |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Greenleighton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Greenleighton)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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