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- SHOTLEY, a village, two townships, and a parish, in Hexham district, Northumberland. The village stands 6 miles SSE of Riding-Mill r. station, and 9 SE of Hexham; and is in S. Low-Quarter township.
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SHOTLEY, a village, two townships, and a parish, in Hexham district, Northumberland. The village stands 6 miles SSE of Riding-Mill r. station, and 9 SE of Hexham; and is in S. Low-Quarter township. That township comprises 6,676 acres.
St Andrew's Church, Shotley, is a redundant Anglican church standing in an isolated position at a height of 960 feet (293 m) on Greymare Hill in Northumberland, England.
Shotley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Northumberland, created in 1724 from a chapelry in Bywell St Andrew Ancient Parish. Other places in the parish include: Shotley Low Quarter, Newbiggin, Newbiggen, and New Biggen. Alternative names: Parish church: Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1670. Bishop’s Transcripts: 1767.
On a hilltop almost 300m above sea level, St Andrew’s was built in 1769 to a cruciform plan on the site of a medieval church, and remodelled in 1892. In the churchyard is a magnificent domed mausoleum built by Humphrey Hopper in 1752.
Jan 20, 2022 · Where to find the church: St Andrew’s, Shotley, Northumberland, is located just off the A68 Corbridge to Darlington road, taking a left-hand turn if travelling from the North on to a minor road...
The parish of Shotley Low Quarter lies on the southern edge of Northumberland along its boundary with County Durham. The parish is largely populated by hamlets and scattered farmsteads with no single centre of residences.
St Andrew's stands isolated upon Greymare Hill, 293 metres above sea level, with stunning views in every direction. In 1165, the abbey of Blanchland was endowed by Walter de Bolbec with the church of St Andrew's, Bywell and its three chapels of Shotley, Styford and Apperley.
