Haughton, Northumberland
Historical Description
Haughton, a township in Simonburn parish, Northumberland, on the North Tyne river, 6 miles NW of Hexham, and 1 mile from Chollerford station on the North British railway. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Humshaugh. Acreage, 1839; population, 1030. Haughton Castle was the seat of the Swinburnes, passed to the Widdringtons, and is now the seat of the Cruddas family, who are lords of the manor and chief landowners. It occupies a picturesque site, is itself an edifice of the time of Edward I. in the form of an oblong, 100 feet by 44, has, all round the external walls, a row of arches, which probably were inserted to give strength to the, masonry, and contains a large upper room, which probably was the baron's hall, but has been modernized. Ruins of an ancient chapel, 60 feet by 24, are in the grounds. A paper-mill, now a ruin, is on the bank of the river, and was the place where Pitt's assignats were forged.
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 | Simonburn | |
Poor Law union | Hexham | |
Ward | Tindale |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Haughton from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Haughton 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
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