National Gazetteer (1868) - Whittonstall
"WHITTONSTALL, (or Wittonstall), a chapelry and township in the parish of
Bywell St. Peter, E. division of Tynedale ward, county Northumberland, 9
miles E. of Hexham, and 3 S.W. of the Stockfield station of the Newcastle
and Carlisle railway. The village is situated on the line of the ancient
Watling Street, and near the banks of the river Tyne. The living is a
perpetual curacy in the diocese of Durham, value £200, in the patronage of
the dean and chapter. The church of SS. Philip and John was erected in
1832.
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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