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Bellingham in Northumberland County England History and GeographyBELLINGHAM, a parish in the north-western division of TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, comprising the market town of Bellingham, and the townships of East Charlton, West Charlton, Leemailing, Nook and Tarretburn, and containing 1396 inhabitants, of which number, 404 are in the town of Bellingham, 30 miles (W. N. W.) from Newcastle upon Tyne, and 298 (N.N.W.) from London. This place, from the remains of several camps which appear to have been of Roman origin, is supposed to have been occupied by that people; but little of its early history is recorded, though the neighbourhood abounds with circular intrenchments, and the remains of British fortifications. The lords de Bellingham are said to have had a castle or baronial seat here, erected on an eminence which is still called Hall Field. In the reigns of Richard II. and Henry IV., the manor and castle were in the possession of Richard de Bellingham; the estate afterwards became the property of the Earl of Derwentwater, upon whose attainder it was given to the Governors of Greenwich Hospital. The town is pleasantly situated on the north bank of the North Tyne, between that river and a stream, called Hareshaw-burn, over which, near the eastern extremity of the town, a good stone bridge was erected in 1826. The rocks, on each side of the burn, rise precipitously to the height of 100 feet, and the water at Hareshaw-linn has a perpendicular fall of 30 feet. In the parish there are from seven to eight thousand acres of moor land, abounding with grouse, and other game. A book club was established in the town in 1809. The market is on Saturday: a fair is held on the first Saturday after September 15th, and there are statute fairs on the Saturdays before May 12th and November 12th. The town is within the jurisdiction of the county magistrates, and constables are appointed at the court leet of the lords of the manor. The parish was formerly part of the extensive parish of Simonburn, which was divided into six distinct parishes by act of parliament, in 1811. The living is a rectory not in charge, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham, and in the patronage of the Governors of Greenwich Hospital. The church, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, is a small ancient structure, with a finely groined roof of stone; the chancel contains many mural tablets and monuments: the church-yard, occupying part of an eminence, forms a beautiful terrace overlooking the river. There is a place of worship for Seceders from the Scottish church, besides a Roman Catholic chapel. A school was endowed here with £200, by Mrs. Reed of Troughead, with which sum, and a legacy of £40 left by Mr. John Charlton, in 1732, the third part of a farm was purchased, which would have now produced £50 per annum, but the Reeds, of Chipchase, having purchased the whole estate, sold it without any reserve, and the trustees having lost their deeds, the school has been deprived of the endowment. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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