WALWICK, a liberty (extra-parochial), locally in
the parish of Warden, north-western division of TINDALE
ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 5 miles
(N. WbyN.) from Hexham. The population is returned
with Warden. This place, situated on the western
bank of the North Tyne, and on the line of Severus'
Wall, was the Cilurnum of the Romans, and the station
of the Ala, Secunda Astwrum.; its extent, "which may still
be traced, was, from east to west, five hundred and
seventy feet, and from north to south four hundred.
Among the numerous relics discovered are a spacious
vault, a mutilated statue of Europa neatly sculptured
in Jfreestone, and a curious tablet commemorative
of the rebuilding of some edifice by the second wing
of the Astures. Walwick Grange, formerly the seat
of the Errington family, built out of an old tower,
has been converted into a farm-house; and in Homer's lane
are fragments of an ancient cross.