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

COCKLE-PARK, a township in Hebburn parochial chapelry, Northumberland; 3 miles N of Morpeth. Acres, 1, 335. Pop., 42. Houses, 7. Cockle Park Tower was anciently a stronghold of the Bertrams, and is machicolated.

Cockle Park through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8934

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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