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Spindleston, Northumberland

Historical Description

Spindleston, a township in Bamburgh parish, Northumberland, 2½ miles E by S of Belford station on the N.E.R. It includes the hamlet of Waren Mills. Post town, Belford; money order and telegraph office, Bamburgh. Acreage, 456 of land and 11 of water and foreshore; population, 90. The manor belongs to Greenwich Hospital. Spindleston Hills are celebrated in the ballad of " the Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heugh," written in 1270.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

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

Ancient CountyNorthumberland 
Civil parishBambrough 
Poor Law unionBelford 
WardBambrough 

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


Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.


Newspapers and Periodicals

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