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HORSLEY (LONG), a village in Morpeth district, and a parish partly also in Rothbury district, Northumberland. The village stands on a branch of the river Coquet, 4¾ miles W by S of Widdrington r. station, and 6 NW by N of Morpeth; and has a post office under Morpeth.—The parish comprises the townships of WittonShields, Stanton, Longshaws, Bigges-Quarter, RiddellsQuarter, Freeholders-Quarter, Todburn, and Wingates. Acres, 12, 849. Real property, £7, 463; of which £38 are in mines. Pop., 964. Houses, 201. The manor belonged to Gospatrick, passed to the Merlays, and belongs now to Thomas Riddell and Henry J. Baker, Esqs. An old tower of the Riddells stands at the W end of the parish, and is used as a Roman Catholic chapel. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £336. * Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is modern, and has a bell turret. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Rothbury RegD/PLU Northumberland AncC |
| Place names: | HORSLEY | HORSLEY LONG | LONG HORSLEY |
| Place: | Long Horsley |
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