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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ALLENTON, or Alwinton, a township and a parish in Rothbury district, Northumberland. The township lies on the Coquet river, at the influx of the rivulet Allen or Alwin, 13 miles NNW of Scots Gap r. station, and 19 WSW of Alnwick. Acres, 1,550. Pop., 87. Houses, 18. There were formerly two annual fairs. The parish contains also the townships of Farnham, Sharperton, Peals, Clennel, Burrowden, Biddlestone, Linbridge, Fair hangh, Netherton-North-Side, and Netherton-South Side. Post Town, Harbottle, under Morpeth. Acres, 31,940. Real property, £16,869. Pop., 899. Houses, 167. The property, together with that of Holystone, is held chiefly by two proprietors. Much of the surface is moor and hill, rising toward the Central Cheviots. The living is a vicarage, united to the p. curacy of Holystone, in the diocese of Durham. Value, £160.* Patron, the Duke of Northumberland. The church is early English and cruciform, and was restored in 1853. Charities, £28.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Alwinton CP/AP Rothbury RegD/PLU Northumberland AncC |
| Place names: | ALLENTON | ALLENTON OR ALWINTON | ALWINTON |
| Place: | Alwinton |
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