Beanley

Beanley

Beanley Hall
Beanley
 Beanley shown within Northumberland
OS grid referenceNU085185
DistrictAlnwick
Shire countyNorthumberland
RegionNorth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town ALNWICK
Postcode district NE66
Police Northumbria
Fire Northumberland
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
UK ParliamentBerwick-upon-Tweed
List of places
UK
England
Northumberland

Coordinates: 55°27′36″N 1°52′01″W / 55.460°N 1.867°W / 55.460; -1.867

Description

In 1870-1872, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beanley like this:

"Beanley, a township in Eglingham parish, Northumberland; on the river Breamish, 7 miles NW of Alnwick. Acres, 2,341. Pop., 116. Houses, 23. The earls of Dunbar anciently held it on the tenure of maintaining a road into Scotland. A cross stands on Hedgeley-moor, at a short distance from the village, erected to the memory of Sir Ralph Percy, who fell in 1464 in a battle with the Yorkists."

Beanley is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated to the north-west of Alnwick, near Eglingham.

Governance

Beanley is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

See also

References

    http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8717

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