Hamlets of Bellister, Wydon and Park village
Bellister is a township, and includes the small village of Park and a few scattered farms, on the south bank of the Tyne, half a mile north-east from Featherstone station on the Alston branch of the North Eastern railway and south-west from Haltwhistle. Bellister castle, 1, mile from Haltwhistle station, is a Border tower erected in the 13th century, and in the 16th century the residence of the Blenkinsopps. A later residence erected adjoining it, probably about 1700, was entirely destroyed by fire, but was in 1906 restored and enlarged by Daniel Jackson M.D. Of Netherton, and is now occupied by John McClare Clark esq. F.S.I. J.P.
Commercial
Bell Thomas farmer Bellister Haugh
Low Edward farmer Broom House
Wydon 1 mile west-by-south-west from Haltwhistle, is a hamlet in the township of Bellister. Letters through Haltwhistle, which is also the nearest money order & telegraph office, arrive at 9.15 a.m only a farm now
Tweddle James farmer Wydon
Park village there is a Wesleyan chapel, built In 1850, and seating 90 persons. Daniel Jackson M.D. Who is lord of the manor, and James Hope-Wallace esq. J.P. Featherstone Castle,. are the principal landowners. The area of the township is 1,023 acres of land and 45 of water; ratable value, £997 ; the population in 1901 was 125
Allison John H. schoolmaster & assistant overseer Park
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Bell Joseph farmer Park
Makepeace Mary Ann (Mrs) shopkeeper
Martin William joiner Park
Waugh Thomas & Matthew farmers Linn Shield
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