Chillingham, Northumberland

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Chillingham is a hamlet in Northumberland

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Chillingham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Chillingham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Chillingham, par., township, and vil., N. Northumberland, on river Till, 8 miles SW. of Belford ry. sta.-- par., 5003 ac., pop. 334; township, 1765 ac., pop. 138; S. of the vil. is Chillingham Castle, seat of the Earl of Tankerville, a castellated mansion, affording a striking example of domestic architecture of the time of Edward III. In C. Park, a remnant of the great forest which once extended from Dunkeld to Alnwick, is kept a herd of wild white cattle, like those at Cadzow.

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