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Wark in Northumberland County England History and Geography

WARK, a parish in the north-western division of TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, comprising the townships of High Shitlington, Low Shitlington, Wark, and Warksburn, and containing 866 inhabitants, of which number, 367 are in the township of Wark, 4½ miles (S.S.E.) from Bellingham. 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, who have erected a handsome church, the first stone of which was laid in October 1815, and it was opened for divine service on August 10th, 1818; they also built the parsonage - house. There is a place of worship for Presbyterians. This parish is one of the six into which the late extensive parish of Simonbourn was divided, in 1814, under the authority of an act of parliament obtained in 1811; it is bounded on the east by the North Tyne, across which there is a ferry. Courts leet and baron for the manor are held, annually in October, by the Governors of Greenwich Hospital, who, with the Trustees of Heron's charity, have erected a school-room, in which the poor children of the parish are instructed on the National system. The village is ancient, and has been considerably improved by the recent erection of a handsome row of houses, with stone taken from some extensive ruins. About half a mile northward are the remains of an old church, a tumulus, and a cairn, in which urns and other relics have been found. Within the parish are vestiges of several ancient fortifications, said to have been thrown up by Edward III.; and on the bank of the river is Moat Hill, formerly occupied by a tower, and more recently used as an observatory to watch the movements of an enemy.

From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale

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