Rothley, Northumberland
Historical Description
Rothley, a village and a township in Hartburn parish, Northumberland, on the river Font, 1 mile from Scots Gap station, on the North British railway, and 11 miles WNW of Morpeth. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Cambo. Acreage, 2822; population, 98. Rothley Crags, a fine range of millstone grit rocks, are surmounted, at an elevation of 843 feet above sea-level, with a picturesque tower built in the 18th century by Sir W. Blackett. A hill to the N also is surmounted by an imitation ruin of a fort, and overhangs a lake. A quondam ancient tower at Bothley belonged to the abbot of Newminster.
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 | Hartburn | |
| Poor Law union | Rothbury | |
| Ward | Morpeth |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Rothley from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Rothley 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: