Houghton and Close House, Northumberland

Historical Description

Houghton and Close House, a township in Heddon-on-the-Wall parish, Northumberland, near the Roman wall, 8½ miles W by N of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and 3 from Wylam station on the N.E.E. Acreage, 617; population, 217. Post, money order, and telegraph office, Wylam (E.S.O.) Close-House belonged to the Eatcliffes and passed to the Bewicks.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Houghton and Close House from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Houghton, with Closehouse)

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:

• Morpeth Herald
• Berwickshire News and General Advertiser
• The Berwick Advertiser
• Alnwick Mercury
• Illustrated Berwick Journal