Angerton, High and Low, Northumberland
Historical Description
Angerton, High and Low, two townships in Hartburn parish, Northumberland, on the Wansbeck river and railway, with a station, 6½ miles W of Morpeth. Acreage- of High Angerton, 1293; population, 71; of Low Angerton, 1069; population, 50. There are tile works in High Angerton. Angerton Hall is a handsome Elizabethan mansion.
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 | |
Civil parish | Hartburn | |
Poor Law union | Morpeth | |
Ward | Morpeth |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Angerton, High and Low from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Angerton, Low)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Angerton, High and Low 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: