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

HEPSCOTT, a township in Morpeth parish, Northumberland; within Morpeth borough, on the Blyth and Tyne railway, near the river Wansbeck, 2 miles SE of Morpeth. It has a station on the railway. Acres, 1, 594. Pop., 253. Houses, 41.

Hepscott through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9280

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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