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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rothley like this:
ROTHLEY, a township in Hartburn parish, Northumberland; on the river Font, 11 miles W N W of Morpeth. Acres, 2, 720. Pop., 174. Houses, 30. R. Crags are a fine range of millstone grit rocks; and aresurmounted, at an elevation of 843 feet above sea-level, with a picturesque tower built, in the last century, by Sir W. Blackett. A hill to the N also is surmounted by an imitation ruin of a fort, and overhangs a lake. Aquondam ancient tower at R. belonged to the abbot of Newminster.
Rothley is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rothley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rothley in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9644
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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