HUMSHAUGH, a chapelry in the parish of SIMONBURN,
north-western division of TINDALE ward, county
of NORTHUMBERLAND, 5 miles (N. by W.) from Hexr
ham, containing 334 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland,
and diocese of Durham, and in the patronage of the
Vicar of Simonburn. The chapel and parsonage-house
were erected, and a cemetery formed, in 1818, at an
expense of about £4000.