National Gazetteer (1868) - Kirkheaton
"KIRKHEATON, an extra parochial chapelry in the N.E. division of Tynedale
ward, county Northumberland, 18 miles N.W. of Newcastle, its post town, and
9 N. of the Corbridge railway station. Near the village are collieries and
a lime-kiln, which afford employment to the inhabitants. Freestone and
limestone are also extensively quarried for building purposes. The river
Blyth takes its rise in this chapelry, on the N. side of Black Hill, from
the summit of which is an extensive view. The soil is clayey, and subsoil
limestone and clay. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of
Durham, value £70. The chapel was rebuilt in 1775. In the churchyard is a
yew-tree upwards of 600 years old. There is a National school with a small
endowment."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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