CORSENSIDE, a parish in the north-eastern division
of TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND,
5 miles (N.E. by N.) from Bellingham, containing 487
inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the
archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of ~Durham,
endowed with £250 private benefaction, and £60Q
royal bounty, and in the patronage of Francis TweddeU;
Esq. The church, which formerly belonged to Halystone
priory, is a small ancient edifice, inconveniently
situated at the north-west end of the parish. The river
Reed passes through the centre of the parish, the soil on
its banks being of a light gravelly nature, and the best
in the vicinity. Limestone and coal are found here,
and in the western part of the parish a lead mine was
formerly worked.