ULGHAM, a chapelry (parochial) in the eastern di-
vision of MORPETH ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND,
5 miles (N. E. by N.) from Morpeth, containing
348 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed
to the rectory of Morpeth, in the archdeaconry
of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham. The chapel
is dedicated to St. John. Coal is found here, on the
banks of the river Line. A market was formerly held,
and the ancient market-cross still remains in the village.