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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitton like this:
WHITTON, a township in Rothbury parish, Northumberland; ½ mile S of Rothbury. Acres, 674. Pop., 39. Houses, 10. W. Tower was built, in the 15th century, by one of the Umfravilles; has walls 7 feet thick, corner-turrets, and a dungeon; and is now Rothbury rectory-house.
Whitton is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whitton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitton in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9788
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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