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Chollerton in Northumberland County England History and GeographyCHOLLERTON, a parish in the north eastern division of TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, comprising the chapelry of Chipchase with Gunnerton, and the townships of Barrasford, Chollerton, and Colwell with Swinburn, and a part of the township of Broomhope with Buteland, and containing 1241 inhabitants, of which number, 403 are in the township of Chollerton, 6 miles (N.) from Hexham. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham, rated in the king's books at £6. 14. 4½. Colonel and Mrs. Beaumont were patrons in 1821. The church is dedicated to St. Giles. A cross, still called St. Oswald's cross, was set up here by Oswald, King of Northumberland, to commemorate his victory at Haledon, in this parish, over Ceadwall, King of Cumberland, after which he became a Christian. About a mile from the village of Chollerton was the line of the Picts' wall, erected by the Romans and South Britons, in 430, to protect themselves from the incursions of the Picts, the remains of which still exist, extending above eighty miles through this county and that of Cumberland, from the German ocean to the Solway Frith: it was eight feet broad, and twelve high, with towers situated about a mile from each other; and at short distances were erected several small fortified places, called Chesters by the Saxons, many vestiges of which are still conspicuous. Within this parish also are the remains of two ancient and extensive castles, called Chipchase and Swinburn, which have partly been converted into elegant modern structures. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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