Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LONGWITTON

LONGWITTON, a township in Hartburn parish, Northumberland; near the river Wansbeck, 8 miles W by N of Morpeth. Acres, 2,247. Pop., 152. Houses, 23. Longwitton Hall belonged to the Swinburnes, the Trevelyans, and others; and passed to the Fenwicks. Mineral springs are at Thurston.


(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: Hartburn AP/Tn/CP       Longwitton CP/Tn       Northumberland AncC
Place: Longwitton

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