KNARESDALE, a parish in the western division
of TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 6
miles (N. W. by N.) from Alston Moor, containing 564
inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of
Durham, rated in the king's books at £4. 18. 9., endowed
with £ 600 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage
of the Crown. The church is an ancient structure,
surrounded by vestiges of other buildings. It is
believed that the Romans had a lead mine in this parish
on the side of a fell is a medicinal spring called Snope's
well. The South Tyne runs through the parish. Knares-
dale gives the title of baron to the family of Wallace.