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Keenley
Keenley is a distributed community, located about 2 miles west of Allendale town in Northumberland. There is no village as such, but a number of farms and dwellings are located on either side of Common Bank. One of these is Burn Tongues farm. Keenley Methodist Chapel is located here. The Old School of 1875 is located at Keenley Crossroads.
KEENLY, a grieveship, in the parish of Allendale, union of Hexham, S. division of Tindale ward and of Northumberland; with 275 inhabitants.
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.
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Keenley February 1981 [0002-014]
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Keenley medieval settlement (Allendale)
- "Keenley was a member of the regality of Hexham and was described as a hamlet in a survey of 1536. By 1546 no village existed there and only two tenements …
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Burn Tongues, Northumberland
- Overview Map Street View Burn Tongues is a farm in Keenley, Northumberland. It is located off Common Bank (road), about 2 miles west of Allendale Town. The farm is situated …
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from Allen Valleys Local History (flickr)
Keenley February 1981 [0002-014]
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
![](/uploads/thumbs2/keys_to_the_past.png)
from https://keystothepast.info/se…
Keenley medieval settlement (Allendale)
- "Keenley was a member of the regality of Hexham and was described as a hamlet in a survey of 1536. By 1546 no village existed there and only two tenements …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
![Burn Tongues, Northumberland](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8709/28904862956_c19356eca4_z.jpg)