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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HAUGHTON, a township in Simonburn parish, Northumberland; on the North Tyne river and on the Border Counties railway, 7 miles NW of Hexham. Pop., 105. Houses, 21. Haughton Castle here was the seat of the Swinburnes; passed to the Widdringtons; and is now the seat of George Crawshay, Esq. It occupies a picturesque site; is itself an edifice of the time of Edward I., in the form of an oblong square, 100 feet by 44; has, all round the external walls, a row of arches, which probably were inserted to give strength to the masonry; and contains a large upper room, which probably was the baron's hall, but has been modernized. Ruins of an ancient chapel, 60 feet by 24, are in the grounds. A paper mill, now a ruin, is on the bank of the river, and was the place where Pitt's assignats were forged.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Haughton |
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