HARNHAM, a township in that part of the parish
of BOLAM which is in the north-eastern division of
TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 12 miles
(W.S.W.) from Morpeth, containing 61 inhabitants.
Harnham, the site of an ancient fort, has been a place
of great strength; it is situated on the brow of a precipiceformed
of rag-stone, having vast rocks on one
side, and a morass on the other; the entrance, which is
through a narrow defile to the northward, was formerly
defended by an iron gate.