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Broomley
Broomley is a village in Northumberland, which is part of Stocksfield Civil Parish. Historically, Broomley and the surrounding area was a township in the ancient parish of Bywell St. Peter
BROOMLEY, a township, in the parish of Bywell St. Peter, union of Hexham, E. division of Tindale ward, S. division of Northumberland, 7¾ miles (E.S E.) from Hexham; containing 314 inhabitants. This place is situated on the Hexham road, to the south of the river Tyne, about one mile south-by-west from Bywell. Old Ridley lies a short distance to the south-east, and a little further in the same direction is New Ridley, a small village surrounded by several farms.