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Name | Greenleighton |
Type | Township, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 55.216°N 1.963°W |
Located in | Northumberland, England ( - 1955) |
See also | Hartburn, Northumberland, England | ancient parish in which it was a township | | Tynedale Ward, Northumberland, England | ancient county division in which it was located | | Rothbury Rural, Northumberland, England | rural district of which it was part 1894-1955 | | Hollinghill, Northumberland, England | civil parish into which it was absorbed in 1955 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Greenleighton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "GREENLEIGHTON, a township in Hartburn parish, Northumberland; 6¼ miles SSW of Rothbury. It is noted for its fine green hill, and its excellent limestone; and it has an oval camp, encompassed by a fosse. Acres: 1,572. Population: 29. Houses: 4."
Greenleighton was originally a township in the ancient parish of Hartburn, Northumberland. From 1894 until 1955 it was part of Rothbury Rural District. It became a separate civil parish in 1866, but in 1955 it was abolished and absorbed into the neighbouring parish of Hollinghill.
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 | Greenleighton, Northumberland, England | Hartburn, Northumberland, England | Tynedale Ward, Northumberland, England | Rothbury Rural, Northumberland, England | Hollinghill, Northumberland, England
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