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MARKET TOWNS OF NORTHUMBERLAND (from SDUK Penny Cyclopedia)

Corbridge in 1839

Corbridge is in the east division of Tindale ward. The parish has an area of 13,130 acres, with a population, in 1831, of 2,091, of which 1,292 were in the township of Corbridge. This large and populous village is on the north bank of the Tyne, over which there is a bridge of seven arches. It consists of a main street, along the road from Newcastle to Hexham, and several smaller streets. There is a spacious market-place, which formerly contained a cross. The parish church is a very ancient structure, of larger dimensions formerly than at present ; and at the north-east corner of the market-place is an ancient tower, formerly used as a prison, and now as a lock-up house. Corbridge was formerly a place of importance and a market-town. It had four parish churches, three of them now demolished. There are traces of extensive buildings between this place and the neighbouring Roman station of Corchester. This town suffered much from the Scots, A.D. 1296 and 1311. At Stagshawbank, 2 miles north-east of Corbridge, one of the largest sheep-fairs in the north of England is held. The living of Corbridge is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Halton, of the clear yearly value of £482, with a glebe-house. There was in 1833 a national-school in the township, with 61 children ; and in other parts of the parish there were two day-schools, with 62 children, and one Sunday-school, with 40 children.