Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CARTINGTON

CARTINGTON, a township in Rothbury parish, Northumberland; on an affluent of the river Coquet, 3 miles NW by N of Rothbury. It includes the township of Bankhead and the hamlet of Sandylands. Acres, 1,912. Pop., 84. Houses, 15. Cartington Castle was a seat of the Ratcliffes and the Widdringtons.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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

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