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Mitford.-- par., township, and vil., Northumberland, at confluence of rivers Font and Wansbeck, 2½ miles SW. of Morpeth, 10,017 ac., pop. 657; township, 1898 ac., pop. 224; P.O.; has ruined massive keep of 12th century; Mitford Castle is the seat of the Mitfords, who owned the manor before the Conquest.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish, township, and village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Mitford Parish Northumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Mitford |
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