CHILLINGHAM, a parish in the eastern division of GLENDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, comprising the townships of Chillingham, Hebburn, and Newton, and containing 356 inhabitants, of which number, 146 are in the township of Chillingham, 5 miles (B. by S.) from Wooler. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham, rated in the king's books at £4, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham. The church is dedicated to St. Peter, Courts leet and baron are occasionally held here. A school with a small endowment is chiefly supported by the Earl of Tankerville, who provides a schoolhouse and £ 10 per annum for teaching ten poor children. This parish is intersected by the river Till, and by the Roman way from Newcastle to Berwick upon Tweed: coal and limestone are found in it, and there are kilns for burning the latter. On an eminence eastward from Chillingham park is a double intrenchment, called Ros Castle, supposed to have been a British fort; and there are tumuli, formed of irregular heaps of stones, out of which urns containing human ashes have been dug: at Newton is an ancient cross, termed the Hurle Stone, twelve feet high. Chillingham castle is a very ancient structure: in the park is a breed of wild cattle, the only one in the island; these animals are white, with a reddish tinge on the ear. At Hebburn are the remains of an ancient keep, a strong vaulted building, similar to many others in the northern counties.