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Morpeth Castle, Northumberland

Historical Description

Morpeth Castle, a township in Morpeth parish, Northumberland, within Morpeth parliamentary borough. It contains the site of Morpeth Castle and the hamlets of Catch-burn, Parkhouse, and Stobhill. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Morpeth. Acreage, 1509 and 13 of water; population, 255. The Earl of Carlisle is lord of the manor.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers related to Northumberland online: