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Name | Wall |
Alt names | Heavenfield | source: area in parish | | St. Oswald in Lee | source: ancient settlement in Wall | | Lee St. Oswald | source: name variation |
Type | Township, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 55.014°N 2.135°W |
Located in | Northumberland, England |
See also | Lee St. John, Northumberland, England | ancient parish in which it was a township | | Tynedale Ward, Northumberland, England | ancient county division in which it was located | | Hexham Rural, Northumberland, England | rural district of which it was part 1894-1955 | | Cocklaw, Northumberland, England | civil parish which it absorbed in 1955 | | Fallowfield, Northumberland, England | civil parish which it absorbed in 1955 | | Tynedale District, Northumberland, England | district municipality covering the area 1974-2009 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Wall is a village in Northumberland, England situated to the north of Hexham close by the River North Tyne and Hadrian's Wall. The Battle of Heavenfield was fought nearby.
Wall was served by Wall railway station on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction. The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862. The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in 1956.
Wall was originally a township in the ancient parish of Lee St. John. It became a separate civil parish in 1866 From 1894 until 1974 it was part of Hexham Rural District. In 1955 its area was greatly increased when it absorbed the neighbouring civil parishes of Fallowfield and Cocklaw. In 1974 rural districts were abolished and Wall became part of the Tynedale District until 2009 when Northumberland became a unitary authority.
Research Tips
- Northumberland Archives previously known as Northumberland Collections Service and Northumberland County Record Office. Now based within Woodhorn Museum in Ashington and providing free access to numerous records for local and family historians alike.
- Full postal address: Museum and Northumberland Archives, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF; Phone: 01670 624455
- There is a branch office in Berwick upon Tweed.
Categories: Northumberland, England | Wall, Northumberland, England | Lee St. John, Northumberland, England | Tynedale Ward, Northumberland, England | Hexham Rural, Northumberland, England | Tynedale District, Northumberland, England
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