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Greenscheles Cleugh, Northumberland

Historical Description

Greenscheles Cleugh, a place on the SW border of Northumberland, on the South Tyne river, 3½ miles S of Haltwhistle. It was the scene of a remarkable murder in 1530, which gave rise to the fictitious ballad of " Surtees," inserted by Sir Walter Scott in his " Border Minstrelsy."

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

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: