Horton, Blyth

For other places, see Horton.

Horton
Horton parish church
Horton is located in Northumberland
Horton
Horton
Location within Northumberland
OS grid referenceNZ285815
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Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBLYTH
Postcode districtNE24
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55°06′25″N 1°34′05″W / 55.107°N 1.568°W / 55.107; -1.568

Horton is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Blyth, in Northumberland, England, about 2 miles (3 km) west of Blyth, and south of the River Blyth. Historically a chapelry of Woodhorn,[1] it became part of Blyth Urban District in 1912, and on 1 April 1920 it was abolished, when it was combined with Bebside, Cowpen, and Newsham and South Blyth to form a single parish for the district.[2] In 1911 the parish had a population of 2546.[3]

The place-name Horton is a common one in England. It derives from Old English horu ("dirt") and tūn ("settlement, farm, estate"), presumably meaning "farm on muddy soil".[4]

Religious sites

The church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.[5]


References

  1. ^ "Horton". GENUKI. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Horton Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Population statistics Horton Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  4. ^ Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. HORTON.
  5. ^ Purves, Geoffrey (2006). Churches of Newcastle and Northumberland. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: Tempus Publishing Limited. p. 80. ISBN 0-7524-4071-3. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016.


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