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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lanton like this:
LANTON, a township in Kirk-Newton parish, Northumberland; on the river Glen, 4¼ miles NW of Wooler. Acres, 983. Pop., 74. Houses, 16. Lanton Hill is crowned by a monument, erected by the late Sir W. Davidson, to his brother Capt. Davidson, and to himself.
Lanton is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lanton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lanton in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9429
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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