Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ACOMB

ACOMB, a township in St. John Lee parish, Northumberland; on the Tyne, 2 miles NNW of Hexham. It has a post office under Hexham, and a Wesleyan chapel. Acres, 2,745. Pop., 800. Houses, 128.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place: Acomb

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