Glendale, Northumberland Poor Law Union

History
The Glendale union, of which Wooler is the head, comprises 45 parishes and places, and contains a population of 14,000 persons. On a circular mount near the town are the remains of a tower, apparently of Norman origin. There are also many intrenchments in the vicinity, of which the most remarkable is Humbleton Hugh, circular in form, with a large cairn on the summit; the sides of the hill are formed into terraces, about twenty feet broad, in three successive tiers, which, when they were filled with soldiers, presented a formidable resistance to any assailing force.From: 'Wookey - Woolos, St.', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 661-663. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51427&amp;amp;strquery=wooler Date accessed: 06 March 2011.

Parishes in the Union
Branxton, Northumberland Carham, Northumberland Chatton, Northumberland Chillingham, Northumberland Doddington, Northumberland Fenton, Northumberland Ford, Northumberland Ilderton, Northumberland Ingram, Northumberland Kirknewton, Northumberland Lowick, Northumberland Wooler, Northumberland