National Gazetteer (1868) - Lucker
"LUCKER, a township and chapelry in the parish of Bamburgh, N. division of
the ward of Bamburgh, county Northumberland, 4 miles S.W. of Bamburgh
Castle, and 4 S.E. of Belford, its post town. The North-Eastern line of
railway has a station here. The village is a small agricultural place. The
living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Durham, value £62. The
chapel is a stone edifice. Here is a school for the children of both sexes,
conducted on the National system. Lucker Hall is the principal residence.
The Duke of Northumberland is lord of the manor."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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