National Gazetteer (1868) - Byrness
"BYRNESS, (or Burness or Bereness), a chapelry in the parish of Elsdon, ward
of Coquetdale, in the county of Northumberland, 12 miles to the N. of
Bellingham. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Durham,
value £75, in the patronage of the Rector of Elsdon. The church was rebuilt
in 1793.
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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