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Humbleton.-- (or Homildon), township, Doddington par., N. Northumberland, 1 mile NE. of Wooler, 1615 ac., pop. 129; an ancient circular camp crowns an adjoining hill; on the plain below the Earl of Northumberland and his son Hotspur defeated the Earl of Douglas and Duke of Albanny in 1402.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Doddington Parish Humbleton Parish Northumberland Ancient County |
| Place names: | HOMILDON | HUMBLETON | HUMBLETON OR HOMILDON |
| Place: | Humbleton |
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