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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Longwitton like this:
LONGWITTON, a township in Hartburn parish, Northumberland; near the river Wansbeck, 8 miles W by N of Morpeth. Acres, 2,247. Pop., 152. Houses, 23. Longwitton Hall belonged to the Swinburnes, the Trevelyans, and others; and passed to the Fenwicks. Mineral springs are at Thurston.
Longwitton is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Longwitton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Longwitton in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9461
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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