Wooler, Northumberland

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Wooler is a town in Northumberland

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

Wooler in historic gazetteers

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

Wooler, small market town and par., Northumberland, under the Cheviots, 9 miles SW. of Belford and 20 S. of Berwick upon Tweed - par., 4917 ac., pop. 1529; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Thursday. Wooler, anciently called Willover, is in some parts ill-built, but possesses a neat church (1765), a public school, a dispensary, and a mechanics institute with library and reading-room. Fairs for cattle and horses are held in May, September, and October. Traces of an old castle and many ancient entrenchments are in the vicinity, the most remarkable being Humbledon Heugh, 1 mile NW. The pillar commemorating Earl Percy's victory is in the plain beneath.

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