Place:Clarewood, Northumberland, England

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NameClarewood
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates55.026°N 1.972°W
Located inNorthumberland, England
See alsoCorbridge, Northumberland, Englandancient parish of which it was part
Tynedale Ward, Northumberland, Englandancient division in which it was located
Halton Shields, Northumberland, Englandparish it absorbed in 1887
Hexham Rural, Northumberland, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1955
Whittington, Northumberland, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1955
source: Family History Library Catalog

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Clarewood from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"CLAREWOOD, a township in Corbridge parish, Northumberland; near the Roman wall, 4 miles E by N of Corbridge. Acres: 805. Population: 50. Houses: 9."

Clarewood was a township in the ancient parish of Corbridge. In 1866 it became a separate civil parish. In 1887 it absorbed the neighbouring parish of Halton Shields. From 1894 it was part of Hexham Rural District. IIn 1955 it was abolished as a civil parish and its area was absorbed into the newly formed parish of Whittington.

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