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Hethpool
HEATHPOOL, a township, in the parish of KirkNewton, union, and W. division of the ward, of Glendale, N. division of Northumberland; containing 51 inhabitants, and comprising upwards of 1,022 acres, in a mountainous district. It was the property of Lord Collingwood, the celebrated naval commander, in right of his wife, a daughter of J. E. Blackett, Esq., of Newcastle. Here are the remains of a border tower.
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.
