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NUNNY-KIRK, a township in Nether Witton parish, Northumberland; on the river Font, 8½ miles N W of Morpeth. Acres, 111. Pop., 31. Houses, 4. Nunny-Kirk House is the seat ofW. Orde, Esq., and stands in a richly-wooded park. A chapel was anciently built here by the abbot of Newminster, and gave rise to the name Nunny-Kirk. .
(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: | Nunnykirk |
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