HARLE (KIRK), a parish in the north-eastern division of TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, comprising the chapelry of Kirkheaton, and the townships of Hawick and Kirk-Harle, and containing 354.inhabitants, of which number, 192 are in the township of Kirk-Harle, including therein Belridge, Greatla, w, Kidlaw, Mirlow-House, Shield-Hill, and Thrivewell, 13 miles (W. by S.) from Morpeth. The living- is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham, rated in the king's books at £3. 8.4. Sir C. Loraine, Bart, was patron in 1805. The church isdedicated to St. Wilfrid. On an eminence called Chapel Hill, b the township of Hawick, there was formerly a chapel.