ALLENHEAD, or ALLONHEAD, a hamlet (formerly
a distinct parish) in the parish of ALLENDALE,
southern division of TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND,
14 miles (S. S.W.) from Hexham. The living
was a vicarage, rated in the king's books at £4.8. 1.,
which has been consolidated with the perpetual curacy
of St. Peter's, Allendale. Here is a domestic chapel,
rebuilt by Col. Beaumont, in 1826, on the site of one
erected in 1701: near it is a good house for the minister.
There are several coal mines and veins of lead-ore
in the neighbourhood, which are worked to a considerable
extent.