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

LORBOTTLE, a township in Whittingham parish, Northumberland; 4½ miles NNW of Rothbury. Acres, 2,409. Pop., 110. Houses, 19. Lorbottle House is a chief residence. Lime is calcined.

Lorbottle through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9462

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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