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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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WITTON (Nether), a township in Morpeth district, and a parish partly also in Rothbury district, Northumberland The township lies on the river Font, 4 miles N of Angerton r. station, and 8 WNW of Morpeth; contains a picturesque village of its own name; is sometimes called Witton-by-the-Waters; contained the residence of Roger Thornton, the distinguished merchant-prince of Newcastle, who died in 1429; and has a post-office under Morpeth. Acres, 3,914. Pop., 301. Houses, 53. N.-W. Hall is the seat of R.. Trevelyan, Esq.; and has, at the back, a curious tall tower, which was visited by Oliver Cromwell and the parliamentarian army. The parish includes, in its Rothbury section, six townships; and comprises altogether 7,723 acres. Real property, £4,546; of which £101 are in mines. Pop., 486. Houses, 86. There is a small woollen factory. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £150.* Patron, the Vicar of Hartburn. There is a village school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Rothbury RegD/PLU Northumberland AncC |
| Place names: | NETHER WITTON | WITTON | WITTON BY THE WATERS | WITTON NETHER |
| Place: | Netherwitton |
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