Great Ryle

Great Ryle is a hamlet by the Cheviots in Northumberland, located about 3 miles north-west of Whittingham and 1 mile north of Little Ryle. The settlement consists of a couple of farms and a few cottages. There are records of a tower being built here in 1541, bit nothing remains of it today. Historically, Great Ryle was a township in the ancient parish of Whittingham. Great Ryle was a civil parish following the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1866, until April 1955, when it became part of Alnham Civil Parish.

RYLE, GREAT, a township, in the parish of Whittingham, union of Rothbury, N. division of Coquetdale ward and of Northumberland, 9 miles (N. N. W.) from Rothbury; containing 67 inhabitants. It is situated about a mile north of the road from Whittingham to Alnham, and comprises 2021 acres, of which 1000 are common or waste land. The Aln, here a small stream, passes on the south of the hamlet.

Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.