Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SHAWDON

SHAWDON, a township in Whittingham parish, Northumberland; 7 miles W of Alnwick. Acres, 1,056. Pop., 96. Houses, 17. S. Hall was built in 1788, by the Hargreaves.


(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: Shawdon CP/Tn       Whittingham AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Shawdon

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