West Heddon, Northumberland

Historical Description

Heddon, West, a township in Heddon-on-the-Wall parish, Northumberland, 2½ miles from North Wylam station on the N.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Wylam. Acreage, 346; population, 39. A row of houses was inhabited by French emigrants during the Revolution.

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 Heddon from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, 1848 (Heddon, 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