BLENKINSOP, a township in the parish of HALTWHISTLE, western division of TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 2 miles (W.) from Haltwhistle, containing 317 inhabitants. There are coal-works on a large scale in the neighbourhood. The ruins of Blenkinsop castle, once the residence of a family of that name, occupy part of an eminence in the neighbourhood, which appears to have been surrounded by a ditch.