Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Elsdon

Elsdon, par., township, and vil., N. Northumberland, 9½ miles SW. of Rothbury -- par., 75,784 ac., pop. 1314; township, 6490 ac., pop. 203; P.O.; Elsdon Castle (reign of Henry III.) is now the parsonage house.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Elsdon AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Elsdon

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