OS grid reference NU085185 Post town ALNWICK Local time Wednesday 1:33 AM | Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district NE66 | |
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Description
In 1870-1872, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beanley like this:
Contents
"Beanley, a township in Eglingham parish, Northumberland; on the river Breamish, 7 miles NW of Alnwick. Acres, 2,341. Pop., 116. Houses, 23. The earls of Dunbar anciently held it on the tenure of maintaining a road into Scotland. A cross stands on Hedgeley-moor, at a short distance from the village, erected to the memory of Sir Ralph Percy, who fell in 1464 in a battle with the Yorkists."
Beanley is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated to the north-west of Alnwick, near Eglingham.
Governance
Beanley is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
References
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