Selbys Forest, Northumberland

Historical Description

Selbys Forest, a township in Kirknewton parish, Northumberland, 5 miles SW of Wooler. Post, money order, and telegraph office, Wooler. Acreage, 11,485 of land and 13 of water; population, 38. The Earl of Tankerville is lord of the manor. The surface is a region of moors and mountains, and includes the central Cheviot.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Selbys Forest from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Selby's-Forest)

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:

• Morpeth Herald
• Berwickshire News and General Advertiser
• The Berwick Advertiser
• Alnwick Mercury
• Illustrated Berwick Journal