Felton, Northumberland
Historical Description
Felton, a village, a township, and a parish in Northumberland. The township lies on the river Coquet, 3½ miles SW of Acklington railway station, and 9 S ofAlnwick, and has a post, money order, i—nd telegraph office (R.S.O.) There is a three-arched bridge over the Coquet, and much picturesque scenery along that river's winding course. The area of the township is 1076 acres; population, 514; of the ecclesiastical parish, 1218. The parish contains also the townships of Elyhaugh, Swarland, Bockenfield, Eshott, Greens and Glantlees, Acton and Old Felton, and East and West Thir-ston-with-Shothaugh. Felton Park was built by the Widdringtons, and passed to the Riddells. The barons of Northumberland did homage at Old Felton in 1216 to Alexander of Scotland, and King John was so enraged at their conduct as to devastate the place. An obelisk to the memory of Lord Nelson, erected by Sir W. Davison, is at Swarland. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Newcastle; gross value, £240 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good, and there are Presbyterian, Wesleyan, and Roman Catholic chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Northumberland | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Felton St. Michael | |
Poor Law union | Alnwick | |
Ward | Felton |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Felton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Felton (St. Michael))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Felton 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: