West Acombe, Northumberland

Historical Description

Acombe, West, a township in St John Lee parish, Northumberland, on the Tyne, 2 miles NNW of Hexham station on the N.E.R. It has a post office under Hexham, and Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. Acreage, 2837 of land and 60 of water; population, 900.

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 West Acombe from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Acomb, West)

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