In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cartington like this:
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.
Cartington through time
Cartington is now part of Alnwick district. Click here for graphs and data of how Alnwick has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cartington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cartington, in Alnwick and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8915
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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