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HEDDON (West), a township in Heddon-on-theWall parish, Northumberland; adjacent to Heddon-onthe-Wall township. Acres, 338. Pop., 36. Houses, 7. A row of houses here was inhabited by French emigrants, during the revolution; and was afterwards used as a workhouse.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Northumberland AncC |
Place names: | HEDDON | HEDDON WEST | WEST HEDDON |
Place: | West Heddon |
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