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

SHARPERTON, a township in Alwinton parish, Northumberland; on the river Coquet, 6½ miles N W by W of Rothbury. Acres, 971. Pop., 92. Houses, 18.

Sharperton through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9659

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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