ALNHAM, a parish in the northern division of
CoauETDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, comprising
the townships of Alnham, Prendick, Screnwood,
and Unthank, and containing 269 inhabitants, of which
number, 143 are in the township of Alnham, 14 miles
(W.) from Alnwick. The living is a discharged vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese
of Durham, rated in the king's books at £3. 17. l.,
endowed with £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of the Duke of Northumberland. The church is dedicated
to St. Michael. On a hill, about a mile westward
from the village, there is a semicircular encampment,
defended by a high double rampart and deep trench,
within which is a range of uncemented stones; and in
the area, about one hundred yards in diameter, the
foundations of buildings are visible.