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North Gosforth, Northumberland

Historical Description

Gosforth, North, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in Northumberland, 5¼ miles from Newcastle-on-Tyne, and 3 from Gosforth. Post and telegraph office, Seaton Burn. Area of the township, 1088 acres; population, 139; of the ecclesiastical parish, 1806. The living is a vicarage in. The diocese of Newcastle; net value, £140 with residence. Gosforth House, a structure of the 18th century, is now a hotel, and the grounds are converted into a racecourse.

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.


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers related to Northumberland online: