In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Nafferton like this:
NAFFERTON, a township in Ovingham parish, Northumberland; near the Roman wall, 7½ miles E by N of Hexham. Acres, 773. Pop., 53. Houses, 10. Nafferton Castle was built out of materials of the Romanwall, by Sir Philip D' Ulecote, in the time of King John; and consists of a keep, 20 feet square, and 2 outer baileys. There is a colliery. The township is a meet for the Tindale hounds.
Nafferton through time
Nafferton is now part of Tynedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tynedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Nafferton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Nafferton, in Tynedale and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9513
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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