Ulgham, Northumberland

Description
Ulgham, a united township and an ecclesiastical parish in Northumberland, 1 1/2 mile S of Widdrington railway station, and 5 miles NNE of Morpeth. There is a post office under Morpeth; money order and telegraph office, Longhirst. Acreage of the township, 3742; population, 695. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belongs to the baronet family of Joicey. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted ia 1875. There is a small colliery at the villages of Stobswood and Ulgham Grange, but the latter is not worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Newcastle-on-Tyne; net value, £226 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Carlisle. The church is in the Norman style, and consists of chancel, nave, N aisle and vestry, S porch, and a western turret.