Paston, Northumberland
Historical Description
Paston, a township in Kirknewton parish, Northumberland, on the river Bowmont, 9½ miles NW of Wooler, and half a mile from Mindrum station on a branch of the N.E.R. It includes the hamlets of Harelaw, Shotton, and Bowmont Hill. Post town, Coldstream; money order office, Milfield; telegraph office, Yetholm. Acreage, 2324 of land and 31 of water; population, 170. There are remains of entrenchments and ramparts with fosses on the hills. Paston Lake is near here.
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 | Kirk Newton | |
Poor Law union | Glendale | |
Ward | Glendale |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
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Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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