WOODHORN, a township and a parish in Morpeth district, Northumberland . The township lies on the coast, 2½ miles N of North Seaton r. station, and 8 ENE of Morpeth. Acres, 2,558; of which 1,082 are water. Pop., 171. Houses, 31. The parish includes Newbiggin township, which has a post-office under Morpeth, North Seaton township, where is the r. station, and five other townships; and comprises 8,456 acres. Real property, £12,116; of which £2,000 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 1,598; in 1861, 2,962. Houses, 530. The increase of pop. was mainly in North Seaton, and arose there from extension of collieries. The property is chiefly divided among four. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £512.* Patron, the Bishop of D. The church was partially rebuilt in 1843. A chapel of ease is at Newbiggin. National and infant schools, opened in 1869, also are there . The p. curacy of Creswell is a separate benefice. Charities, £21.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))