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

HOUGHTON (LITTLE), a township in Long Houghton parish, Northumberland; 1 mile NW of Long Houghton. It contains the hamlet of Little Mill. Acres, 753. Pop., 130. Houses, 23. Lead ore has been worked, and coal, of a peculiar kind, is found.

Littlehoughton through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9447

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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