BEANLEY, a township in the parish of EGLINGHAM,
northern division of COO.UETDALE ward, county of
NORTHUMBERLAND, 95 miles (W. N. W.) from Alnwick,
containing 160 inhabitants. This was formerly the head
of a barony, the lord of which had the power of inflicting
capital punishment; Gallow-Haw, on the western
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side of the Breamish, having been the place of execution.
On an elevated spot, called Beanley Plantation, are
vestiges of an encampment, having a double fosse and
rampart; the road which led to it is plainly discernible.
Percy's Cross, erected in memory of Sir Ralph Percy,
an officer attached to the Lancastrian party, who fell in
battle against the Yorkists, in 1464, stands on Hedgeley
moor, a short distance from the village.