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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Acklington like this:
ACKLINGTON, a township and a chapelry in Alnwick district, Northumberland. The township is in Warkworth parish, lies on the Northeastern railway and the river Coquet, 11¾ miles north of Morpeth, and has a station on the railway, and a head post office.‡ Acres, 2,072. Pop., 255. Houses. ...
52.—The chapelry comprises parts of Warkworth and Shilbottle parishes; was constituted in 1859; and is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Pop., 635. Houses, 124. Value, not reported. Patron, the Duke of Northumberland. The church is in the early English style, and was erected in 1861, after designs by Deason, at the Duke of Northumberland's expense.
Acklington is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Acklington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Acklington in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8656
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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