KIRKHEATON, a chapelry in the parish of KIRKHARLE, north-eastern division of TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 11 miles (N. E. by N.) from Hexham, containing 140 inhabitants. The chapel was rebuilt in 1755. The school was endowed by William Lyley, in 1685, with a rent-charge of £5 per annum, which was augmented by a bequest of £ 100 from Mrs Frances Beaumont, in 1713: ten children are instructed gratuitously, and the rest pay a quarterage. In 1703, Richard Beaumont, Esq. devised £10 per annum to trustees, for apprenticing poor children of this chapelry. Here are some lime-kilns and a colliery.