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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Great Whittington like this:
Whittington, Great and Little, 2 townships, Corbridge par., Northumberland, 7 miles NE. of Hexham; Great Whittington, 1494 ac., pop. 219; Little Whittington, 362 ac., pop. 14.
Great Whittington is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Whittington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Whittington in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9781
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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