In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bassington like this:

BASSINGTON, a township in Eglingham parish, Northumberland; on the river Alne, 3 miles NW of Alnwick. Acres, 234. Pop., 9. Houses, 2.

Bassington through time

Bassington is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bassington itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bassington in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8704

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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