Slaley, Northumberland
Historical Description
Slaley, a parish, with a village, in Northumberland, 5 miles from Hexham railway station. It has a post office under Hexham; money order and telegraph office, Hexham. Acreage, 7518; population, 417. There is a parish council consisting of six members. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Newcastle; gross value, £88 with residence. The church was built in 1832, is in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, and tower.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Northumberland | |
| Poor Law union | Hexham | |
| Ward | Tindale |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Slaley from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Slaley 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: