Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Nafferton

Nafferton.-- township, Ovingham par., Northumberland, 7 ½ miles NE. of Hexham, 804 ac., pop. 60; has remains of Nafferton Castle, built in the reign of King John.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Nafferton CP/Tn       Ovingham AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Nafferton

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