Grindon, Northumberland
Historical Description
Grindon, a township in Norham parish, Northumberland, 7 miles SW of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and about 2 from Nor-ham station on the N.E.R. Post town, money order, and telegraph office, Norham. Acreage, 1493; population, 109. A battle was fought on Grindon Hill, in 1558, between the Percys and Scots.
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 | Norham | |
| Poor Law union | Berwick |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Grindon from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Grindon 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: