Harlow Hill, Northumberland
Historical Description
Harlow Hill, a township in Ovingham parish, Northumberland, on the Roman wall, 10 miles ENE of Hexham, and 3 from Prudhoe station on the N.E.R. It has a post office under Stocksfield; money order office, Horsley; telegraph office, Stamfordham. Acreage, 1023; population, 82. Foundations of the Roman wall still exist here, and the north fosse remains very distinct The Duke of Northumberland is lord of the manor and sole landowner.
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 | Ovingham | |
| Poor Law union | Castle ward | |
| Ward | Tindale |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Harlow Hill from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Harlow-Hill)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Harlow Hill 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: