SELBY'S-FOREST, a township in the parish of
KIRK-NEWTON, western division of GLENDALE ward,
county of NORTHUMBERLAND, containing 63 inhabitants.
This extensive district consists chiefly of moors
and mountains; the principal of the latter is the Cheviot,
from which the celebrated range of hills so called derives
its name; on its summit is a large lake occasionally
frozen in the summer.