Branton, Northumberland
Historical Description
Branton, a township in Eglingham parish, Northumberland, on the river Breamish, 9½ miles SSE of Wooler, and li mile from Hedgeley station on the N.E.R. Alnwick is the post town. Acreage, 1175; population, 77. There is a Presbyterian chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Northumberland | |
| Civil parish | Eglingham | |
| Poor Law union | Glendale | |
| Ward | Coquetdale |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Branton from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Branton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers related to Northumberland online: