Beanley
In 1870–1872, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beanley as "a township in Eglingham parish, Northumberland; on the river Breamish, 7 miles NW of Alnwick. Acres, 2,341. Pop., 116. Houses, 23. The earls of Dunbar anciently held it on the tenure of maintaining a road into Scotland. A cross stands on Hedgeley-moor, at a short distance from the village, erected to the memory of Sir Ralph Percy, who fell in 1464 in a battle with the Yorkists."
Governance
Beanley is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Beanley was formerly a township in Eglingham parish, from 1866 Beanley was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Hedgeley.
See also
References
- ^ "Population statistics Beanley Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "History of Beanley, in Alnwick and Northumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Beanley Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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