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River Green, extra parochial liberty, 1855


Extract from: History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland...Whellan, William, & Co, 1855.

RIVER GREEN is a small extra parochial liberty, situated on the south bank of the river Wansbeck, five miles west by south of Morpeth. It contains an area of 480 acres, and its rateable value is £328. The population in 1801 was 33; in 1811, 62; in 1821, 51, in 1831, 48; in 1841, 30; and in 1851, 34 souls. It is the property of John Cookson Esq., by whom it is farmed. Agricultural labourers are the only inhabitants. 

Rivergreen Castle Ward, 1855

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